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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?
(a) Yelling at it.
(b) Daring each other to touch it.
(c) Throwing rocks at it.
(d) Trying to open it.

3. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
(a) Seven.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

4. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) They are disappointed.
(c) It scares them.
(d) They are angry.

5. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?
(a) Twenty.
(b) One.
(c) Six.
(d) Eight.

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

7. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?
(a) They pry him for details.
(b) They push him.
(c) They ignore him.
(d) They laugh at him.

8. How do most people react to the invasion on the first Friday after the cylinder lands?
(a) They are very curious about what is happening.
(b) They are demanding action from the military.
(c) They have not taken much notice of it.
(d) They are keeping a close eye on the pit in shifts.

9. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?
(a) He steals a horse.
(b) He gets into a fight.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He runs into his wife.

10. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?
(a) On the common.
(b) The train station.
(c) His house.
(d) In a restaurant.

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

12. What does the word "canard" mean?
(a) A worthless object.
(b) A false story.
(c) A distraction.
(d) A card game.

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

14. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:
(a) Shooting at him.
(b) Attacking him.
(c) Ignoring him.
(d) Pulling him into the pit.

15. What is a curate?
(a) A judge.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A clergyman.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?

3. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?

4. What disability does Henderson have?

5. How often does the narrator say new cylinders are falling just before he meets the curate?

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