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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator attempt to keep the curate from using up their resources?
(a) He hides most things from the curate.
(b) He promises to get more soon.
(c) He pleads with him.
(d) He fights him.

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

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

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

5. Where is the first house in which the curate and narrator take refuge?
(a) Leatherhead.
(b) Twickenham.
(c) Halliford.
(d) Kew.

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

7. What does the Committee of Public Safety do when they meet the narrator's brother?
(a) Fight him.
(b) Give him food.
(c) Give him money.
(d) Steal his horse.

8. Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?
(a) Birmingham.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Nottingham.
(d) Lancaster.

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

10. What does the narrator begin to believe right after he leaves the ruined house?
(a) He will find his wife somewhere.
(b) He should try to bargain with the Martians.
(c) The military will find him soon.
(d) He is the only living person in the area.

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

12. What is the soldier holding when the narrator finds him the second time?
(a) A machete.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) A spear.
(d) A gun.

13. What does the narrator find to eat after he decides to leave the ruined house?
(a) Bread.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Carrots.
(d) A rodent.

14. Why is the narrator's brother not very concerned about the narrator at first?
(a) He does not believe that the Martians exist.
(b) He gets a letter from the narrator.
(c) The Martians have not been reported as a threat.
(d) His wife tells him not to worry.

15. How is the soldier described who travels with the narrator?
(a) Wrathful.
(b) Brave.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is in front of the narrator's house when he returns to it?

2. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?

3. Where are the Martian's ears located?

4. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?

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

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