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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

3. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?
(a) Surrey.
(b) London.
(c) Weybridge.
(d) Shepperton.

4. How is the soldier separated from his unit?
(a) He was discharged.
(b) They abadoned him.
(c) His horse fell.
(d) He ran away.

5. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?
(a) A third cylinder falling.
(b) A rocket.
(c) A lunar eclipse.
(d) A military missile.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

2. How far is Mars from Earth?

3. What does the narrator refer to as The Thing when he comes back to town after taking his wife away?

4. Who is Marshall?

5. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of newspaper coverage does the cylinder receive on the second day? What might this predict?

2. What does the narrator plan to do when he hears the dog, and what does this show about his situation?

3. What fact do scientists overlook when considering whether Mars can support life?

4. What kills the Martians and why is this significant?

5. Why does the newspaper editor in London refuse to print a story about the Martians?

6. Right after the Martians first use the heat-ray, what do people know about how the weapon works?

7. How do those who first see the cylinder feel about it in general, and why do they feel this way?

8. What is the state of the narrator's relationship with the curate when they stay in Halliford, and why?

9. How does the narrator get across the Thames? What does this show about his character?

10. What does a group of people attempt to do just before the Heat-Ray? Why doesn't this work?

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