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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the curate sleep when he and the narrator are hiding in the ruined house?
(a) He and the narrator sleep in shifts throughout the day.
(b) All day.
(c) Very little.
(d) All night.

2. Where does the narrator find food in the ruined house after the curate dies?
(a) The backyard.
(b) He doesn't.
(c) The basement.
(d) The scullery.

3. What does the Martian cry sound like?
(a) "Yip, yip."
(b) "Baru, baru."
(c) "Ack, ack."
(d) "Ulla, ulla."

4. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?
(a) He thinks that the narrator is coming for him.
(b) He thinks that the narrator must be hiding.
(c) He thinks that the narrator escaped.
(d) He thinks that the narrator is dead.

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator hear a Martian crying out?

2. About how many dead Martians does the narrator see after he hears the Martian cry?

3. What kills the Martians?

4. How does the author risk his safety on his tenth day in the ruined house?

5. What does the new weapon do that the Martians reveal at Surrey?

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