Read this passage from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds:And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily towards me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending to us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.Why does Wells call the Martian spacecraft "the Thing"?A.Because he thinks it is unimportant to the storyB.Because he is trying to give it a proper nameC.Because he wants to provide a good description of itD.Because he doesn't fully understand what it is yetSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily towards me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending to us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.Which statement best explains why Wells calls the Martian spacecraft "the Thing"?A.Wells calls it "the Thing" to describe what the ship and the creatures within it look like to readers.B.Wells calls it "the Thing" to explain to readers how unimportant it is to the rest of the story.C.Wells calls it "the Thing" to provide readers with the proper name he will use for it later.D.Wells calls it "the Thing" to give readers the impression that it's almost too terrible to name or describe.

How does Wells use the first four chapters of The War of the Worlds to warn England not to let its guard down against an attack?A.By having the townspeople show excitement that they were about to be visited by an alien raceB.By showing characters who were unaware of or unconcerned about the danger the Martians posedC.By having the narrator show interest in astronomy and figure out what was happening before anyone elseD.By having the Martians come to Earth in a giant cylinder that was often referred to as gun-likeSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How does Wells's narrator add a sense of credibility to The War of the Worlds?A.By allowing the reader to hear the thoughts of all the charactersB.By telling the reader that everyone will die at the end of the storyC.By using scientific language that shows he knows what he's talking aboutD.By clearly explaining the story from the Martians' point of viewSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

d this passage:And invisible to me because it was so remote and small, flying swiftly and steadily toward me across that incredible distance, drawing nearer every minute by so many thousands of miles, came the Thing they were sending us, the Thing that was to bring so much struggle and calamity and death to the earth.H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, 1898Which words in the passage help create a sense of fear and anxiety?A.every minuteB.so remoteC.the earthD.the ThingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, what does the narrator do when the Martian emerges from the crashed cylinder?A.He studies it intensely.B.He runs away in terror.C.He tries to communicate.D.He freezes in horror.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS