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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far does the narrator have to drive his wife in the cart?
(a) Seven miles.
(b) Twelve blocks.
(c) Ten miles.
(d) Twelve miles.

2. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?
(a) Temperature cooling.
(b) Vegetation.
(c) Nitrogen.
(d) Moisture.

3. 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) Boarding up their houses.
(c) Calmly packing their things.
(d) Frantically evacuating.

4. Who is Marshall?
(a) A tobacconist.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A farmer.

5. 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 angry at the visitors.
(c) They become very alarmed.
(d) They insist on calling the military for help.

6. 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.

7. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

8. Who is Ogilvy?
(a) A philosopher.
(b) A laborer.
(c) A reporter.
(d) An astronomer.

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

10. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Stent.
(c) Smith.
(d) Silas.

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

12. What happens to the narrator's horse when he goes back to Woking?
(a) It falls and breaks its neck.
(b) It throws him off.
(c) It runs away.
(d) Someone steals it.

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

14. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He makes plans to leave town.
(b) He decides to hide.
(c) He panics.
(d) He heads back to the crash site.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

2. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:

3. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

4. How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives?

5. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?

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