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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) Throwing rocks at it.
(b) Daring each other to touch it.
(c) Yelling at it.
(d) Trying to open it.

2. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?
(a) Helium.
(b) Neon.
(c) Hydrogen.
(d) Oxygen.

3. What happens to the narrator when he reaches the other bank in the small boat?
(a) He is knocked unconscious.
(b) He falls asleep.
(c) He is forced to run from Martians.
(d) He loses something valuable.

4. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?
(a) He wants to gather his possessions.
(b) He wants to try to signal the Martians.
(c) He is afraid something will happen to his house.
(d) He wants to see the Martians die.

5. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?

2. How does the narrator escape when the army first fights the Martians?

3. What does the soldier do who pairs up with the narrator?

4. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?

5. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

Short Essay Questions

1. Right after the Martians first use the heat-ray, what do people know about how the weapon works?

2. What new weapon do the Martians reveal in Surrey? What does this reveal about Martian technology?

3. What is the state of the narrator's relationship with the curate when they stay in Halliford, and why?

4. Why does the author take his wife to his cousin's house? What is the state of the town at that point?

5. Why does the narrator start walking toward London when he leaves the ruined house?

6. Why does the narrator walk toward the Martian down the road after leaving the pub?

7. What happens to the house in Halliford, and why is this important?

8. 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?

9. After the narrator walks toward the dead Martian, what does he see, and why is this important?

10. What kind of newspaper coverage does the cylinder receive on the second day? What might this predict?

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