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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Evacuate Immediately.
(b) Government Says Not to be Alarmed.
(c) Message Received From Mars.
(d) Invaders from Mars Discovered!

2. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?
(a) A river.
(b) The ocean.
(c) Under London.
(d) The common.

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

4. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Daily Chronicle.
(b) The Woking Journal.
(c) News of the Day.
(d) The Post-Dispatch.

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

6. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?
(a) Hydrogen.
(b) Oxygen.
(c) Helium.
(d) Neon.

7. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?
(a) Open it.
(b) Dig it out.
(c) Study it.
(d) Destroy it.

8. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?
(a) The Martians are very weak.
(b) The Martians do not seem very dangerous.
(c) The Martians move very slowly.
(d) The Martians are very small.

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

10. What is a Deputation?
(a) A group of police officers.
(b) A group of journalists.
(c) A group of soldiers.
(d) A group of delegates.

11. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Angry.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Scared.

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

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

14. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?
(a) It is hidden.
(b) It does not exist.
(c) It is made of unknown materials.
(d) It is invisible.

15. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?
(a) Meteorites.
(b) People.
(c) Missiles.
(d) Rockets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?

2. What color are the gas jets?

3. What is a curate?

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

5. What is the curate doing when the narrator first meets him?

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