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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the first visitors to the cylinder think is inside it at first?
(a) An animal.
(b) A strange creature.
(c) A Martian invader.
(d) A man.

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

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

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

5. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Message Received From Mars.
(b) Government Says Not to be Alarmed.
(c) Invaders from Mars Discovered!
(d) Evacuate Immediately.

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

7. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?
(a) A missle.
(b) A Martian.
(c) Green smoke.
(d) Fire.

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

9. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Bristol.
(b) London.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Lincoln.

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

11. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?
(a) The Martians are very small.
(b) The Martians are very weak.
(c) The Martians do not seem very dangerous.
(d) The Martians move very slowly.

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?

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

3. How often does the narrator say new cylinders are falling just before he meets the curate?

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

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

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