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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?
(a) Scream.
(b) Argue.
(c) Shoot into the pit.
(d) Tell the narrator to leave.

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

4. 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) One week.
(d) Two days.

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

6. What does the word "canard" mean?
(a) A distraction.
(b) A worthless object.
(c) A false story.
(d) A card game.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?
(a) Standing in line for food.
(b) Calmly packing their things.
(c) Boarding up their houses.
(d) Frantically evacuating.

14. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?
(a) A military missile.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A third cylinder falling.
(d) A lunar eclipse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?

2. What is a curate?

3. What happens to the narrator's horse when he goes back to Woking?

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

5. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?

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