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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator feel when he first leaves the ruined house?
(a) Lonely and hopeless.
(b) Hopeful that he will find his wife.
(c) Like he is under Martian control.
(d) Upset about what happened with the curate.

2. What does the narrator's brother here about London as he travels with the two women?
(a) The military has killed the Martians there.
(b) The Martians have taken it over.
(c) The military is on the way there.
(d) The Martians have burned it to the ground.

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

4. How long does the narrator stay in the house after he is found wandering the streets?
(a) One day.
(b) Four days.
(c) One week.
(d) Three weeks.

5. What does the narrator find out about his house when he returns to it?
(a) Someone was staying there.
(b) It has been robbed.
(c) No one has been in it since he left.
(d) It has been destroyed.

6. How does the narrator see outside on the first morning in the ruined house?
(a) There is a small window.
(b) He can't.
(c) There is an opening in the wall.
(d) He opens the door.

7. What does the Committee of Public Safety do when they meet the narrator's brother?
(a) Steal his horse.
(b) Give him food.
(c) Fight him.
(d) Give him money.

8. What is the Thunder Child?
(a) A warship.
(b) A large gun.
(c) A horse.
(d) A tank.

9. Where does the narrator sleep when he gets to Putney Hill?
(a) A wagon.
(b) An inn.
(c) A tree.
(d) An abadoned house.

10. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In a scullery.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In the kitchen.

11. Where is the curate's body before the Martians take it?
(a) The bedroom.
(b) The bathroom.
(c) The living room.
(d) The kitchen.

12. How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

13. What animal does the narrator hear on his fifteenth day in the ruined house?
(a) A mouse.
(b) A bird.
(c) A cat.
(d) A dog.

14. What does the new weapon do that the Martians reveal at Surrey?
(a) It shoots fire.
(b) It emits toxic smoke.
(c) It knocks down enemy vehicles.
(d) It works as a mounted gun on the tripods.

15. Where are the Martian's ears located?
(a) On the back of their heads.
(b) Next to their mouths.
(c) On their foreheads.
(d) On their hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator start calling the tripods when he travels with the curate?

2. What does the narrator's brother decide to do when he hears that food may be available if he waits?

3. How is the narrator's brother able to help the two women subdue their attackers?

4. What does the Martian cry sound like?

5. How does the narrator say many people were acting towards each other during the Martian invasion?

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