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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It is invisible.
(c) It is hidden.
(d) It is made of unknown materials.

2. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1893.

3. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Post-Dispatch.
(b) The Woking Journal.
(c) News of the Day.
(d) The Daily Chronicle.

4. What do the soldier and the narrator bring with them when they decide to leave Woking?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Food and the narrator's dog.
(c) Food and whiskey.
(d) Weapons and food.

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

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

7. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) The League of Astronomers.
(b) The National Association of Astronomers.
(c) Astronomers United.
(d) The Astronomical Exchange.

8. 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.

9. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?
(a) He is trying to cause trouble.
(b) He is just trying to get attention.
(c) He is alarmed about the Martians.
(d) He is selling newspapers.

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

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

12. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?
(a) Thirty yards.
(b) Twenty yards.
(c) Ten yards.
(d) Five yards.

13. How does the first man get into the pit?
(a) A Martian pulls him in.
(b) The crowd pushes him in.
(c) He jumps in.
(d) He slips on the edge.

14. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?
(a) He runs into his wife.
(b) He passes out.
(c) He gets into a fight.
(d) He steals a horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?

2. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?

3. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?

4. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?

5. What color is the first Martian's skin?

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