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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator's brother live?
(a) Weybridge.
(b) Woking.
(c) London.
(d) Surrey.

2. What color is the weed that seems to be everywhere around the ruined house?
(a) Green.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Brown.

3. Where do the curate and narrator first see other people?
(a) Leatherhead.
(b) Kew.
(c) Twickenham.
(d) Halliford.

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

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

6. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?
(a) He thinks that the narrator is coming for him.
(b) He thinks that the narrator must be hiding.
(c) He thinks that the narrator is dead.
(d) He thinks that the narrator escaped.

7. How much time does the narrator spend in the ruined house in total?
(a) Four days.
(b) Fifteen days.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Two months.

8. What does the Martian cry sound like?
(a) "Yip, yip."
(b) "Ack, ack."
(c) "Baru, baru."
(d) "Ulla, ulla."

9. Where does the narrator find food after he meets with the soldier for the second time?
(a) A cart.
(b) A house.
(c) The soldier has it.
(d) A pub.

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

11. What do the Martians bring with them in the cylinders?
(a) Small animals.
(b) Materials to build dwellings.
(c) Plants.
(d) Books.

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

13. What does the new weapon do that the Martians reveal at Surrey?
(a) It knocks down enemy vehicles.
(b) It emits toxic smoke.
(c) It shoots fire.
(d) It works as a mounted gun on the tripods.

14. From the ruined house, the narrator sees that the Martian "tripods" actually have how many legs?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

15. Why does the narrator's brother fail to travel to the narrator's home?
(a) The trains are not running.
(b) He does not have a horse.
(c) He has to go to work.
(d) He does not want to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator use to hit the curate in the head?

2. What are the four tripods carrying when they join the initial Martian attack on Surrey?

3. What direction do the Martians head after they attack Surrey?

4. What do the Martians eat?

5. How long do the curate and the narrator hide in the house before the narrator hits the curate?

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