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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In a scullery.

2. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?
(a) The Martians are coming.
(b) There is nothing to worry about.
(c) They are trapped.
(d) People are evacuating.

3. Where does the narrator find the soldier who he is traveling with earlier in the story?
(a) The Sleeping Dog Inn.
(b) A trench.
(c) A tavern.
(d) Wimbledon Common.

4. What does the narrator's brother study in college?
(a) Law.
(b) Literature.
(c) Education.
(d) Medicine.

5. How much does the curate eat when he and the narrator are trapped in the ruined house?
(a) More than his share.
(b) About half of the food.
(c) Only a little food.
(d) Nothing.

6. About what time does the Martian attack of Surrey start?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 3:00 PM.
(c) 11:00 AM.
(d) 8:00 PM.

7. As he watches from the ruined house, the narrator sees a Martian pick up a person from where?
(a) A bush.
(b) A cart.
(c) A cage.
(d) A house.

8. Where does the narrator sleep when he gets to Putney Hill?
(a) A wagon.
(b) A tree.
(c) An inn.
(d) An abadoned house.

9. What is the name of the song that the narrator invents?
(a) The One Survivor.
(b) The Last One Standing.
(c) The Last Man Alive.
(d) The Invincible Man.

10. What kills the Martians?
(a) Bacteria.
(b) Birds.
(c) Water.
(d) A bomb.

11. Why does the narrator say that he recounted the story of his brother?
(a) To show the evacuation of his brother's city.
(b) To show how much stronger he is than his brother.
(c) His own story was getting boring.
(d) To show how brave his brother is.

12. The soldier believes that the Martians have built a machine that can do what?
(a) Jump long distances.
(b) Capture humans.
(c) Fly.
(d) Plant food.

13. How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey?
(a) The other Martians protect him.
(b) He kills everyone nearby and then repairs it.
(c) He can repair it from inside.
(d) He does not.

14. What does the Martian tentacle reach into the ruined house and take?
(a) A chair leg.
(b) A lump of coal.
(c) A piece of glass.
(d) A doorknob.

15. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?
(a) The curate is yelling at the Martians.
(b) The curate drinks the last of their supply.
(c) The curate threatens him.
(d) The curate is annoying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator walk towards it when he hears the Martian cry?

2. Where does the narrator find food after he meets with the soldier for the second time?

3. What animal does the narrator hear on his fifteenth day in the ruined house?

4. What does the narrator plan to do with the animal he hears outside of the house?

5. Where is the first house in which the curate and narrator take refuge?

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