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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the narrator's brother fail to travel to the narrator's home?
(a) The trains are not running.
(b) He does not have a horse.
(c) He has to go to work.
(d) He does not want to go.

2. Who is in front of the narrator's house when he returns to it?
(a) His wife.
(b) The soldier.
(c) Ogilvy.
(d) His brother.

3. On what kind of transportation does the narrator's brother begin his escape?
(a) A train.
(b) A boat.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A cart.

4. Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Nottingham.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Birmingham.

5. Where does the narrator find the soldier who he is traveling with earlier in the story?
(a) A tavern.
(b) Wimbledon Common.
(c) A trench.
(d) The Sleeping Dog Inn.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the curate sleep when he and the narrator are hiding in the ruined house?

2. How long do the curate and the narrator stay in the first house?

3. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?

4. What is the soldier holding when the narrator finds him the second time?

5. Where is the first house in which the curate and narrator take refuge?

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