The War of the Worlds Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The War of the Worlds Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 120 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a curate?
(a) A clergyman.
(b) A judge.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A doctor.

2. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?
(a) In a house.
(b) In the sewer.
(c) Under a pile of leaves.
(d) Under dead bodies.

3. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?
(a) Five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Twenty.

4. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?
(a) He yells for help.
(b) He runs away.
(c) He stays where he is.
(d) He tries to fight it.

5. How often does the narrator say new cylinders are falling just before he meets the curate?
(a) Every other day.
(b) Every day.
(c) Every week.
(d) Every hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?

2. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?

3. How does the first man get into the pit?

4. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?

5. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of newspaper coverage does the cylinder receive on the second day? What might this predict?

2. How do people feel about the Martians when they first see them? When and why does this change?

3. What is the significance of the artilleryman's story?

4. How does the narrator attempt to reassure himself and his wife when he returns home after the first heat-ray?

5. Describe what the Martians look like.

6. How does the Martian invasion begin and how do people generally react?

7. Who does the narrator find on Putney Hill, and what do they discuss?

8. How is the curate acting when the narrator first meets him? What does this show about him?

9. As the narrator walks from the ruined house toward London, what does he see, and how does this affect his attitude?

10. What kills the Martians and why is this significant?

(see the answer keys)

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