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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. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 45 million miles.
(b) 15 million miles.
(c) 20 million miles.
(d) 35 million miles.

2. What color is the first Martian's skin?
(a) Orange.
(b) Gray.
(c) Pink.
(d) Yellow.

3. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?
(a) Meteorites.
(b) People.
(c) Rockets.
(d) Missiles.

4. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Drilling.
(b) Hammering.
(c) Beeping.
(d) Crying.

5. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?
(a) His wife.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A reporter.
(d) The milkman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disability does Henderson have?

2. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?

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

4. What happens to the narrator's horse when he goes back to Woking?

5. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the citizens of Weybridge doing when the narrator and artilleryman arrive?

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

3. What happens in the ruined house that makes the narrator hide in the basement?

4. What does the Thunder Child do to the Martian tripods? How does this change the story?

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

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

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

8. What does Ogilvy think is twisting off the top of the cylinder?

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

10. 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?

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