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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 comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?
(a) A Martian.
(b) Fire.
(c) A missle.
(d) Green smoke.

2. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Post-Dispatch.
(b) The Woking Journal.
(c) The Daily Chronicle.
(d) News of the Day.

3. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?
(a) Excitement and fear.
(b) Fear and curiosity.
(c) Fear and anger.
(d) Excitement and anger.

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

5. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?
(a) Boarding up their houses.
(b) Frantically evacuating.
(c) Standing in line for food.
(d) Calmly packing their things.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?

2. What can survive the heat ray?

3. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

4. Why does Ogilvy think it is impossible for the Martians to become established on Earth?

5. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the narrator describe the Martian's internal anatomy?

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What does the "Committee of Public Safety" do to the narrator's brother, and what does this reveal about human nature?

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