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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?
(a) People.
(b) Missiles.
(c) Meteorites.
(d) Rockets.

2. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?
(a) Bourbon.
(b) Water.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Whiskey.

3. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?
(a) They are disappointed.
(b) They are indifferent to it.
(c) It scares them.
(d) They are angry.

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

5. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) One hundred
(b) Four hundred.
(c) One thousand.
(d) Fifty.

6. What is a "sapper?"
(a) A skilled front-line soldier.
(b) A bar owner.
(c) A man who makes syrup.
(d) A member of the Navy.

7. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?
(a) His house.
(b) The train station.
(c) In a restaurant.
(d) On the common.

8. What color are the gas jets?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

9. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Biology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Language.
(d) Mathematics.

10. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?
(a) One day.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One week.

11. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 15 million miles.
(b) 45 million miles.
(c) 35 million miles.
(d) 20 million miles.

12. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Hammering.
(b) Crying.
(c) Drilling.
(d) Beeping.

13. Why do the narrator and the curate decide to leave the riverbank?
(a) Soldiers tell them to leave.
(b) The Martians are getting closer.
(c) They hear gunfire.
(d) They want to find other people.

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

15. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?
(a) Excitement and fear.
(b) Fear and curiosity.
(c) Fear and anger.
(d) Excitement and anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?

2. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?

3. About how many people does the heat ray kill?

4. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?

5. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?

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