In The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, what first draws the narrator's attention to the arriving Martians?A.He stumbles upon a crashed Martian in his backyard.B.His friend Ogilvy notices flashes coming from Mars.C.He has an unusually vivid dream about the Martians.D.His sister goes missing on the day the Martians arrive.

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

In The War of the Worlds, the narrator believes that Martians came to Earth because:A.Mars needs Earth's resources.B.Mars is dying.C.Martians hate all earthlings.D.Martians are curious about earthlings.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

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

Read the passage.The War of the Worlds Hoax"Martian cylinders are falling all over the country!" proclaimed a voice on the radio. It was Halloween night, 1938, and Orson Welles was in the midst of a performance of the H. G. Wells story The War of the Worlds. Most listeners were aware that it was fiction; after all, an explanatory announcement had been given at the program's beginning. However, listeners who tuned in late missed the program's introduction. In addition, Welles was a magnificent performer, interspersing his "report" with sound effects and eyewitness "interviews." Consequently, some audience members believed they were hearing a real news account. They listened in increasing terror as Welles described the "invading army from the planet Mars." Fearing for their lives, some took refuge in their basements or fled their homes. When Welles concluded the show with the admission that it had been a Halloween prank, reactions ranged from amusement to fury.What is the main, or central, idea of the passage?As a result of a news-style radio performance, some War of the Worlds listeners believed the broadcast to be true.Some early War of the Worlds listeners were so frightened that they hid in their basements or left their homes.Because of an earlier warning that they were about to hear a work of fiction, most War of the Worlds listeners knew that they were not listening to real news.Submit