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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. Who does not die in the heat ray?
(a) Ogilvy.
(b) Stent.
(c) Henderson.
(d) A Martian.

2. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?
(a) Argue.
(b) Tell the narrator to leave.
(c) Shoot into the pit.
(d) Scream.

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

4. Who is Marshall?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A tobacconist.
(d) A fisherman.

5. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?
(a) The Martians are very small.
(b) The Martians do not seem very dangerous.
(c) The Martians move very slowly.
(d) The Martians are very weak.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far is Mars from Earth?

2. What disability does Henderson have?

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

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

5. Who is Ogilvy?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When the narrator first meets the artilleryman, what does the soldier say happened to his unit?

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

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

5. 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?

6. As the narrator walks from the ruined house toward London, what does he see, and how does this affect his attitude?

7. How does the Martian invasion begin and how do people generally react?

8. How do people feel about the Martians when they first see them? When and why does this change?

9. What does the narrator plan to do when he hears the dog, and what does this show about his situation?

10. Why does the narrator hit the curate with the meat chopper?

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