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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is in front of the narrator's house when he returns to it?
(a) His wife.
(b) The soldier.
(c) His brother.
(d) Ogilvy.

3. The curate drinks the last bottle of what beverage?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Wine.
(d) Soda.

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

5. What is the Thunder Child?
(a) A tank.
(b) A warship.
(c) A large gun.
(d) A horse.

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

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

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

9. Where does the narrator sleep when he gets to Putney Hill?
(a) An inn.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A tree.
(d) An abadoned house.

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

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

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

13. Who ultimately kills the men who are attacking the two women?
(a) A passerby.
(b) The older woman.
(c) The younger woman.
(d) The narrator's brother.

14. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?
(a) The curate is annoying.
(b) The curate is yelling at the Martians.
(c) The curate threatens him.
(d) The curate drinks the last of their supply.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Martians bring with them in the cylinders?

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

3. How is the narrator's brother able to help the two women subdue their attackers?

4. Where does the narrator find the soldier who he is traveling with earlier in the story?

5. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?

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