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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 is Henderson?
(a) A journalist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) An astronomer.
(d) A blacksmith.

2. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?
(a) He is alarmed about the Martians.
(b) He is just trying to get attention.
(c) He is trying to cause trouble.
(d) He is selling newspapers.

3. What happens to the narrator when he reaches the other bank in the small boat?
(a) He loses something valuable.
(b) He is forced to run from Martians.
(c) He is knocked unconscious.
(d) He falls asleep.

4. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

5. What disability does Henderson have?
(a) He has a speech impediment.
(b) He is deaf in one ear.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He cannot move one of his arms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?

2. How often does the narrator say new cylinders are falling just before he meets the curate?

3. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?

4. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?

5. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator's brother respond when he hears rumors that food supplies may soon arrive? What does this reveal about him?

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

3. How far does news of the heat-ray spread after the first attack? What does this indicate?

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

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

6. After the narrator walks toward the dead Martian, what does he see, and why is this important?

7. How is the curate acting when the narrator first meets him? What does this show about him?

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

9. What kills the Martians and why is this significant?

10. How does the narrator's brother initially feel about the narrator's safety, and why?

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