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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. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Bristol.
(b) London.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Lincoln.

2. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are disappointed.
(d) It scares them.

3. What disability does Henderson have?
(a) He cannot walk.
(b) He cannot move one of his arms.
(c) He has a speech impediment.
(d) He is deaf in one ear.

4. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?
(a) Ogilvy.
(b) The narrator.
(c) A construction worker.
(d) Henderson.

5. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1894.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1890.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?

2. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?

3. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?

4. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

5. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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