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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?
(a) Surrey.
(b) London.
(c) Weybridge.
(d) Shepperton.

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

3. How does the narrator paddle across the river when he finds a small boat?
(a) He uses his hands.
(b) He uses sticks.
(c) He has paddles.
(d) He uses tools that he found.

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

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

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

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

8. What color is the first Martian's skin?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) Orange.
(d) Gray.

9. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Neon.
(d) Helium.

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

11. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?
(a) The milkman.
(b) A reporter.
(c) His wife.
(d) A policeman.

12. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?
(a) 140,000 miles.
(b) 160,000 miles.
(c) 160 million miles.
(d) 140 million miles.

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

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

15. About how many people does the heat ray kill?
(a) Forty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) One hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?

2. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?

3. Who is Henderson?

4. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?

5. How does the first man get into the pit?

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