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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?
(a) They are crushed.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) They are captured by Martians.
(d) They are shot.

3. What saves some people from the first heat ray?
(a) A group of soldiers.
(b) A mound of sand.
(c) A tree trunk.
(d) A metal shield.

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

5. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Lord Hilton.
(b) Lord Harrington.
(c) Lord Vasser.
(d) Lord William.

6. What is a Deputation?
(a) A group of delegates.
(b) A group of police officers.
(c) A group of soldiers.
(d) A group of journalists.

7. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?
(a) Laughter.
(b) A scream.
(c) A confused noise.
(d) A cry for help.

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

9. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Henderson.
(c) A construction worker.
(d) Ogilvy.

10. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Leatherhead.
(d) London.

11. Why does Ogilvy think it is impossible for the Martians to become established on Earth?
(a) The Martians cannot see very well.
(b) The gravity is too strong.
(c) There is no food for them on Earth.
(d) There is not enough nitrogen in the air.

12. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?
(a) He accuses them of being insane.
(b) He says that he saw the same things they did.
(c) He does not believe them.
(d) He says that he will protect them.

13. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?
(a) The Thing.
(b) It.
(c) The Monster.
(d) The Rocket.

14. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?
(a) Daring each other to touch it.
(b) Trying to open it.
(c) Throwing rocks at it.
(d) Yelling at it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?

2. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?

3. How does the narrator paddle across the river when he finds a small boat?

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

5. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?

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