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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?
(a) The direct road has been blocked.
(b) There may be food on the long route.
(c) The direct road is crowded with people.
(d) The long route will be safer.

2. What can survive the heat ray?
(a) People.
(b) Plants.
(c) Animals.
(d) Nothing.

3. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Under London.
(c) The common.
(d) A river.

4. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. What does the soldier do who pairs up with the narrator?
(a) He is a general.
(b) He is a pilot.
(c) He is a sailor.
(d) He is an artilleryman.

6. How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives?
(a) About half.
(b) About one-quarter.
(c) About three-quarters.
(d) About twice as much.

7. How does the narrator escape when the army first fights the Martians?
(a) A soldier helps him get away.
(b) He hides in the water.
(c) He fights with them.
(d) The Martians do not see him.

8. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?
(a) Fire.
(b) A Martian.
(c) A missle.
(d) Green smoke.

9. What happens to the narrator when he reaches the other bank in the small boat?
(a) He loses something valuable.
(b) He is forced to run from Martians.
(c) He falls asleep.
(d) He is knocked unconscious.

10. What disability does Henderson have?
(a) He has a speech impediment.
(b) He is deaf in one ear.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He cannot move one of his arms.

11. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?
(a) They become angry at the visitors.
(b) They think that the visitors must be crazy.
(c) They insist on calling the military for help.
(d) They become very alarmed.

12. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?
(a) A bear.
(b) A dog.
(c) A lion.
(d) A cat.

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

14. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?
(a) In a ditch.
(b) Behind a tree.
(c) In a shack.
(d) Under a piece of wood.

15. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?
(a) They laugh at him.
(b) They push him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They pry him for details.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the word "canard" mean?

2. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

3. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?

4. How is the soldier separated from his unit?

5. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?

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