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The War of the Worlds Ch. 10 Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The author of The War of the Worlds is...
a)
Steven Speilberg
b)
H. G. Wells
c)
J. J. Abrahms
d)
Tom Cruise
2.
Did you read all the pages 57-62 in Chapter 10?
a)
Yes I did.
b)
No, I did not.
3.
The clergyman and the narrator could not take their eyes off the ....
a)
black clouds of gas
b)
the Martians
c)
the only food left
d)
fresh water
4.
"Before me was a Martian fighting machine. I saw a long tentacle reaching over the shoulder of the machine to the little cage on its back."  What happened next to the human?
a)
A woman was lifted high into the air and thrown.
b)
A child was carried out of sight crying for its mother.
c)
A man was carried out of sight, then came screaming and happy hooting sounds from the Tripods.
d)
The mighty Tripod dropped the man and stepped on him with their enormous feet.
5.
Choose the evidence that best proves this statement: The clergyman was a weak person when facing danger.
a)
He would cry for hours.
b)
He ate lots of sweets.
c)
He watched the aliens.
d)
He wanted to attend the local church.
6.
What is slowly happening to the clergyman while they are imprisoned in the house?
a)
He is beginning to lose his mind and go crazy.
b)
He slowly is using logic to make plans to survive.
c)
He finally acknowledges that the narrator is the leader.
d)
He believes he is a prophet of God and must save mankind by himself.
7.
The clergyman and the narrator fought over...
a)
A shovel
b)
The last of the fresh water
c)
A bed to sleep in 
d)
A bottle of wine
8.
The narrator finally loses his patience with the clergyman and attacks him with...
a)
A pitchfork
b)
A pick axe
c)
A meat chopper
d)
A shovel
9.

Did the narrator claim responsibility for killing the clergyman?

a)

Yes he did.

b)

No, he blamed it on the Martians.

10.
The Martian comes into the house and the tentacle ...
a)
Dragged a body.
b)
Opened a door.
c)
Touched the ceiling.
d)
All of the above
11.

What did the narrator cover himself with to hide from the Martians?

a)

Dirt

b)

Garbage

c)

Old furniture

d)

Coal

12.
After the Martians had gone the only 2 things left were...
a)
A red weed growing everywhere and human skeletons.
b)
Human skeletons and the body of the clergyman.
c)
A red weed and the body of the clergyman.
d)
Human skeletons and wreckage of the fallen Tripods.
13.

How many days were the narrator and the clergyman in the house?

a)

Six

b)

Fifteen

c)

Three

d)

Twelve

14.

Identify 1 simile from chapter 10 below.

a)

"The red weed was growing everywhere." (p. 62)

b)

"It was more like an elephant's trunk than anything else." (p. 62)

c)

"Then one of it's metal tentacles reached slowly through the hole." (p. 60)

d)

"Then came screaming and a happy hooting sound sound from the Martians." (p. 58)

15.

Identify 1 example of imagery below.

a)

"Slowly, I began to see that his mind had gone." (p. 59)

b)

"I hated the way he would cry for hours at a time." (p. 57)

c)

"With a hatchet, I began digging as quietly as I could." (p. 58)

d)

"Cans rattled and bottles smashed. There was a heavy bump against the cellar door and then silence." (p. 62)

16.

Locate 1 example of personification below.

a)

"It was waving towards me." (p. 62)

b)

"The fact is the clergyman and I could not get along." (p. 57)

c)

"I reached out into the dark and grabbed a bottle of wine." (p. 59)

d)

"I ran to the coal cellar and stood there listening." (p. 60)