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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 does the soldier do who pairs up with the narrator?
(a) He is an artilleryman.
(b) He is a sailor.
(c) He is a general.
(d) He is a pilot.

2. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?
(a) One week.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Two days.
(d) One day.

3. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?
(a) In a house.
(b) Under dead bodies.
(c) Under a pile of leaves.
(d) In the sewer.

4. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) Ogilvy.
(c) Henderson.
(d) A soldier.

5. How is the soldier separated from his unit?
(a) He was discharged.
(b) They abadoned him.
(c) He ran away.
(d) His horse fell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?

2. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

3. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?

4. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?

5. Who is Henderson?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does a group of people attempt to do just before the Heat-Ray? Why doesn't this work?

3. What is the significance of the artilleryman's story?

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

6. How does the narrator get across the Thames? What does this show about his character?

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

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

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

10. Describe the object that the narrator refers to as "The Thing."

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