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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 basement.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In a scullery.

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

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

4. Where does the narrator hear a Martian crying out?
(a) Kensington.
(b) Camden.
(c) Southwark.
(d) Brent.

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

6. Why does the narrator walk towards it when he hears the Martian cry?
(a) He wants to kill it.
(b) He wants to see if it is still alive.
(c) He wants to see it up close.
(d) He wants to kill himself.

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

8. About how many dead Martians does the narrator see after he hears the Martian cry?
(a) One thousand.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

9. What happens to the house near Kew when the narrator and curate take refuge there?
(a) A Martian tripod destroys part of it.
(b) It is so old that boards start to fall off of the walls.
(c) A cylinder falls next to it and destroys part of it.
(d) The curate knocks out some of the windows.

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

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

12. What do the Martians eat?
(a) Insects.
(b) Small animals.
(c) Rocks and other minerals.
(d) Blood.

13. What does the narrator find out about his house when he returns to it?
(a) It has been robbed.
(b) No one has been in it since he left.
(c) Someone was staying there.
(d) It has been destroyed.

14. What are the men trying to do when they attack the two women in the cart?
(a) Take the cart.
(b) Take their valuables.
(c) Kill the women.
(d) Kidnap the women.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator find food in the ruined house after the curate dies?

3. What does the narrator's brother decide to do when he hears that food may be available if he waits?

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

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

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