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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?
(a) Yelling at it.
(b) Trying to open it.
(c) Throwing rocks at it.
(d) Daring each other to touch it.

2. What disability does Henderson have?
(a) He cannot move one of his arms.
(b) He is deaf in one ear.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He has a speech impediment.

3. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?
(a) Under a piece of wood.
(b) In a ditch.
(c) In a shack.
(d) Behind a tree.

4. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?
(a) Under London.
(b) A river.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The common.

5. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?
(a) He accuses them of being insane.
(b) He says that he saw the same things they did.
(c) He says that he will protect them.
(d) He does not believe them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the first Martian's skin?

2. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?

3. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

4. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

5. What is a Deputation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do scientists think that Mars cannot support life?

2. Who does the narrator find on Putney Hill, and what do they discuss?

3. How does the narrator attempt to reassure himself and his wife when he returns home after the first heat-ray?

4. As the curate and narrator fight for position at the opening in the ruined house, what do they see, and how does the narrator react?

5. What happened to the narrator directly after discovering the invasion is over?

6. When the curate and the narrator are first trapped in the ruined house, how does their conflict begin to intensify?

7. What happens to the man who rents out the horse and cart to the narrator? What message is this event supposed to send to the reader?

8. What does the black tube weapon reveal about the Martian's intentions?

9. What does the narrator's brother do for the women in the carriage? What does this reveal about his character?

10. What happens to one of the Martian tripods at the Thames River? What is the significance of this event?

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