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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. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?
(a) London.
(b) Ottershaw.
(c) Chobham.
(d) Woking.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?

2. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?

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

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

5. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is different about the flaming gas jets from usual shooting stars, and what do people think they are at first?

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

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

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

6. What does the narrator discover about the Martian machines as he watches from the ruined house?

7. What does the narrator find when he leaves the ruined house? What does this indicate?

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

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

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

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