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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?
(a) A heart.
(b) A peace sign.
(c) A British flag.
(d) A white flag.

2. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A construction worker.
(c) Ogilvy.
(d) Henderson.

3. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?
(a) One week.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) One day.
(d) Two days.

4. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Sweets.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Souvenirs.
(d) Drawings.

5. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He heads back to the crash site.
(b) He decides to hide.
(c) He panics.
(d) He makes plans to leave town.

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

7. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Oxford.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Bristol.
(d) London.

8. How does the first man get into the pit?
(a) A Martian pulls him in.
(b) The crowd pushes him in.
(c) He slips on the edge.
(d) He jumps in.

9. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 45 million miles.
(b) 20 million miles.
(c) 15 million miles.
(d) 35 million miles.

10. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?
(a) Thirty yards.
(b) Twenty yards.
(c) Ten yards.
(d) Five yards.

11. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1893.

12. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Language.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Biology.
(d) Mathematics.

13. What can survive the heat ray?
(a) People.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Plants.
(d) Animals.

14. How does the narrator escape when the army first fights the Martians?
(a) The Martians do not see him.
(b) He hides in the water.
(c) He fights with them.
(d) A soldier helps him get away.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

3. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?

4. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?

5. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?

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