Promote homework accountability and evaluate general reading comprehension with this plot-based quiz covering a portion of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (book 2, chapters 1 through 5). The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate engagement with the novel. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:
- The narrator’s stated intentions
- The narrator’s main motivations
- The eerie strangeness of London
- The reason for the narrator and minister’s entry into a house
- The reason the narrator and the minister get stuck in the house
- The narrator’s observations of the aliens
- The conclusions the narrator draws about the extraterrestrials
- The means by which the minister dies
- What happens to the minister’s body
- The length of the narrator’s confinement
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The War of the Worlds Bundle of Quizzes, Close Readings, and a Test
This comprehensive bundle of materials facilitates the teaching of *The War of the Worlds* by H. G. Wells and includes plot-based quizzes, close reading analysis questions, an end-of-unit test, and answer keys. With these resources, high school English Language Arts teachers may save valuable time outside the classroom without sacrificing rigor inside the classroom. Materials are delivered in printable Word Document and PDF formats.
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The War of the Worlds Quiz and Answer Key Bundle
Promote homework accountability and evaluate general reading comprehension with these plot-based quizzes covering H. G. Wells' dystopian science fiction novel *The War of the Worlds*. The assessments may otherwise double as guided reading worksheets to facilitate engagement with the novel. Answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: * Setting * Strange sightings on Mars * The Martians' intentions * First impressions of the Martians' ship * General characterization of the narrator * The narrator's assumptions about the cylinder * The identity of a journalist * Physical description of the alien beings * An apparent complication for the extraterrestrials * Acts of violence * Effects of the heat ray * The narrator's interactions with his wife * The reason many news agencies report that Martians are not a true threat * The arrival of a second cylinder * Factors that contribute to the aliens' formidability * The item rented by the narrator * The narrator's intentions * The weather conditions * The means by which Martians travel on Earth * A complication that faces the narrator * How the narrator survives the heat ray * New threats facing the narrator * General characterization of the narrator's brother * The reason news of the invasion has not spread farther * The fixation of the minister * How the narrator's brother escapes the aliens * Details concerning "Thunder Child" * Ominous observations by the narrator's brother * The narrator's stated intentions * The narrator's main motivations * The eerie strangeness of London * The reason for the narrator and minister's entry into a house * The reason the narrator and the minister get stuck in the house * The narrator's observations of the aliens * The conclusions the narrator draws about the extraterrestrials * The means by which the minister dies * What happens to the minister's body * The length of the narrator's confinement * A reunion with the artilleryman * Characters' specific fears * An unappealing suggestion for humanity's survival * The narrator's judgments about the artilleryman * A theory concerning the aliens' cause of death * The narrator's psychological state * Beliefs concerning an alternative location for colonization * Discoveries made at the narrator's home * The invasion's effect on humanity in general
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