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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

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

4. How long does the narrator stay in the house after he is found wandering the streets?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Four days.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

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

6. Where does the narrator find food in the ruined house after the curate dies?
(a) The scullery.
(b) The basement.
(c) The backyard.
(d) He doesn't.

7. What does the narrator's brother here about London as he travels with the two women?
(a) The military has killed the Martians there.
(b) The military is on the way there.
(c) The Martians have taken it over.
(d) The Martians have burned it to the ground.

8. What does the narrator plan to do with the animal he hears outside of the house?
(a) Trap and eat it.
(b) Save it as a present for his wife.
(c) Bait the Martians with it.
(d) Keep it for company.

9. How does the narrator say many people were acting towards each other during the Martian invasion?
(a) Violently.
(b) Generously.
(c) Indifferently.
(d) Unkindly.

10. How does the narrator feel when he first leaves the ruined house?
(a) Like he is under Martian control.
(b) Lonely and hopeless.
(c) Hopeful that he will find his wife.
(d) Upset about what happened with the curate.

11. What does the narrator see the Martians do from the ruined house?
(a) Build another weapon.
(b) Fight with each other.
(c) Kill a little boy.
(d) Force humans to fight with them.

12. Where are the Martian's ears located?
(a) On their hands.
(b) Next to their mouths.
(c) On the back of their heads.
(d) On their foreheads.

13. Where is the curate's body before the Martians take it?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

14. How does the narrator get into a yard near the ruined house?
(a) He goes around a wall.
(b) He knocks down a wall.
(c) He climbs the fence.
(d) He breaks into the house in front of it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the curate spend most days doing just after the house is ruined?

2. What is the soldier holding when the narrator finds him the second time?

3. How does the narrator get to Woking near the end of the conflict?

4. How much does the curate eat when he and the narrator are trapped in the ruined house?

5. How does the narrator attempt to keep the curate from using up their resources?

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