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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 does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?
(a) A confused noise.
(b) A scream.
(c) A cry for help.
(d) Laughter.

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

3. How many nights in a row are the gas jets spotted before they stop?
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

4. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?
(a) Moisture.
(b) Temperature cooling.
(c) Vegetation.
(d) Nitrogen.

5. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?
(a) Thirty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does the narrator have to drive his wife in the cart?

2. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?

3. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?

4. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?

5. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ogilvy observe about the object when he first sees it?

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

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

6. Who does the narrator find on Putney Hill, and what do they discuss?

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

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

9. Describe the narrator's experience when he goes back to his house after the invasion.

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

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