The War of the Worlds – Final Test

Directions: Read the question and choose the best answer.  Erase your mistakes completely. 

1.	The invaders attack from which planet?
a.	Venus						b.   Mercury
c.   Mars						d.   a far away galaxy

2.	How do the invaders get to Earth? 
a.	spaceships					b.   canisters shot from a cannon
c.   a star gate that allows space travel		d.   by clinging to a falling star

3.	Where do the invaders land?
a.	a pond						b.   a forest
c.   a sandpit					d.   a house

4.	Which of the following best describes how the invaders move along the Earth?
a.	They move sharply and quickly.		b.   They fly around with wing-like tenticles.
c.   They move about the same as humans.	d.   They move slowly and clumsily

5.	Where does the narrator/protagonist put his wife?
a.	his cousin’s house in Smithville		b.   his brother’s house in London
c.   his sister’s house in Manchester		d.   his mother’s house in Paris

6.	A soldier taught the narrator/protagonist to ___________ . 
a.	cover his body with mud to hide 		b.   pack food and water before journeying
c.   start a fire with flint a steel wool		d.   change a catalytic converter

7.	Humans destroy the first of the invaders robots with what type of weapon?
a.	the Spartan laser				b.   a missile from an air strike
c.   land mines, dynamite, and barbed wire	d.   artillery shells

8.	The invaders kill many humans using which weapon? 
a.	the heat ray					b.   the ice beam
c.   the plasma wave				d.   the lightning bolt

9.	The narrator begins traveling with someone else.  What was this man’s job?
a.	He was a teacher.				b.   He was a doctor.
c.   He was a priest.				d.   He was a salesman.

10.	The narrator’s younger brother lived in what city?
a.	New York					b.   Paris
c.   London					d.   Manchester

11.	 For which reason did many people not fear the invaders when they first landed?
a.	Human technology is more advanced.	b.   The invaders are only as large as squirrels.
c.   They weren’t prepared for our cold winters.	d.   Gravity is stronger on the Earth.

12.	The invaders make a strange “hooting” noise before they do what?
a.	consume the blood of other creatures		b.   reproduce
c.   sleep						d.   attack
13.	The narrator’s brother joins company with ___________ . 
a.	his best friend					b.   two women
c.   their mother					d.   the narrator’s wife

14.	The narrator’s brother just so happens to be an expert ___________ .
a.	negotiator					b.   mechanic
c.   boxer						d.   electrician

15.	The narrator’s brother witnesses two alien machines destroyed by ________ .
a.	a unit of army tanks				b.   a mob of people
c.   a air strike by planes				d.   a battleship at sea

16.	What causes the narrator and his companion to become trapped in a house?
a.	An alien shock beam breaks their car.	b.   More aliens land and build machines.
c.   They are both captured by aliens.		d.   An earthquake traps them in the house.

17.	Which of the following is not one of the annoying habits that the narrator’s companion has?
a.	He eats too much food.			b.   He constantly talks to himself and cries.
c.   He is stubborn, selfish, and spoiled.		d.   He always wants to fight with the aliens. 

18.	What causes the narrator’s companion to lose his mind?
a.	They see a man get eaten by the aliens.	b.   They see a child crushed by machines.
c.   His dog is killed by aliens.			d.   Aliens scatter his brain with a ray gun. 

19.	How are the invaders destroyed?
a.	Good aliens from another planet intercede.	b.   They are wiped out by nuclear bombs.
c.   Germs and bacteria on earth kill them.	d.  They die when they are exposed to water.	
	
20.	What did the narrator do when his companion ran for the door screaming at the aliens?
a.	He knocked him out with a hatchet.		b.   He snuck out through the back window.
c.   He detonated the explosives he had planted.	d.   He covered his body with mud.

21.	According to the narrator, “red creeper” is a type of alien ________ .
a.	food						b.   weaponry
c.   plant						d.   machine used for working

22.	What is the soldier’s plan in book 2?
a.	to build a boat and sail to Ireland		b.   to start a new civilization in the sewers
c.   to live inside a grocery store			d.   to travel to France by foot

23.	Before the aliens attacked, the narrator worked as _________ .
a.	a salesman					b.   a mechanic
c.   a sea captain					d.   a teacher at a university

24.	What happened to the narrator’s wife?
a.	She reunites with him after the aliens die.	b.   She was killed by the black dust.
c.   She ran off with the narrator’s brother.	d.   She disappears and isn’t heard from again.

25.	True or False: The narrator pilots a spider machine to travel back home.
a.	True						b.   False