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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What direction do the Martians head after they attack Surrey?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) East.

6. Who takes the narrator in after he walks toward the Martian?
(a) A convent.
(b) A shopkeeper.
(c) A family.
(d) A soldier.

7. What are the four tripods carrying when they join the initial Martian attack on Surrey?
(a) Cages.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Large black tubes.
(d) Sharp blades.

8. How long do the curate and the narrator stay in the first house?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) Seven hours.
(d) Two days.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator hear a Martian crying out?

2. How much does the curate sleep when he and the narrator are hiding in the ruined house?

3. How is the soldier described who travels with the narrator?

4. The soldier believes that the Martians have built a machine that can do what?

5. How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey?

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