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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator hear a Martian crying out?
(a) Southwark.
(b) Brent.
(c) Kensington.
(d) Camden.

2. What is the soldier holding when the narrator finds him the second time?
(a) A machete.
(b) A gun.
(c) A spear.
(d) Binoculars.

3. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?
(a) In the basement.
(b) In a scullery.
(c) In the attic.
(d) In the kitchen.

4. Where is the first house in which the curate and narrator take refuge?
(a) Leatherhead.
(b) Kew.
(c) Halliford.
(d) Twickenham.

5. What does the narrator begin to believe right after he leaves the ruined house?
(a) He will find his wife somewhere.
(b) He is the only living person in the area.
(c) The military will find him soon.
(d) He should try to bargain with the Martians.

6. What does the narrator's brother study in college?
(a) Education.
(b) Literature.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Law.

7. Where does the narrator's brother live?
(a) London.
(b) Surrey.
(c) Woking.
(d) Weybridge.

8. What does the narrator's brother decide to do when he hears that food may be available if he waits?
(a) Demand food from other evacuees.
(b) Go find food.
(c) Keep going.
(d) Wait.

9. How does the author risk his safety on his tenth day in the ruined house?
(a) He ventures outside to investigate the Martians.
(b) He trys to signal for help.
(c) He tries to find the curate's body.
(d) He pumps water.

10. From the ruined house, the narrator sees that the Martian "tripods" actually have how many legs?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

11. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?
(a) The curate threatens him.
(b) The curate is annoying.
(c) The curate drinks the last of their supply.
(d) The curate is yelling at the Martians.

12. About how many dead Martians does the narrator see after he hears the Martian cry?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One thousand.
(d) One hundred.

13. Where does the narrator find the soldier who he is traveling with earlier in the story?
(a) The Sleeping Dog Inn.
(b) A tavern.
(c) Wimbledon Common.
(d) A trench.

14. Why is the narrator's brother forced to abandon his first mode of transportation?
(a) He borrowed it and has to give it back.
(b) It breaks.
(c) He loses it.
(d) Someone demands that he give it to them.

15. How does the narrator see outside on the first morning in the ruined house?
(a) He can't.
(b) There is an opening in the wall.
(c) He opens the door.
(d) There is a small window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?

2. Where does the narrator sleep when he gets to Putney Hill?

3. How long does the narrator stay in the house after he is found wandering the streets?

4. What do the Martians eat?

5. As he watches from the ruined house, the narrator sees a Martian pick up a person from where?

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