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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 4, The Cylinder Opens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?
(a) Thirty.
(b) Five.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Twenty.

2. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

3. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Bibury.
(b) Clovelly.
(c) Chertsey.
(d) Farnham.

4. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) The underworld.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

5. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Daily Chronicle.
(b) The Woking Journal.
(c) News of the Day.
(d) The Post-Dispatch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?

2. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?

3. What do the first visitors to the cylinder think is inside it at first?

4. What disability does Henderson have?

5. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

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