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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
2. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
3. Who is Henderson?
4. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?
5. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?
Short Essay Questions
1. When the narrator returns to town after the first heat-ray, how do people react to the news he brings?
2. When the narrator returns to the common on the second day, who is in the pit? What are they doing and why?
3. Who does the narrator find on Putney Hill, and what do they discuss?
4. What is the narrator's theory about why the Martians come to Earth?
5. Why does the narrator walk toward the Martian down the road after leaving the pub?
6. What fact do scientists overlook when considering whether Mars can support life?
7. What does the narrator's brother do for the women in the carriage? What does this reveal about his character?
8. What happens to one of the Martian tripods at the Thames River? What is the significance of this event?
9. What is the state of the narrator's relationship with the curate when they stay in Halliford, and why?
10. How is the curate acting when the narrator first meets him? What does this show about him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When was this novel written? Examine what major events occurred in England around this time, and how they may have influenced this book.
Essay Topic 2
Research all of the scientific claims the narrator makes in War of the Worlds. Analyze whether or not each of these claims could be accurate.
Essay Topic 3
Examine the author's use of mythological and Biblical allusions in this novel, and explain what purpose they serve.
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