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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 7, How I Reached Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?
(a) Angry.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Scared.
(d) Uneasy.

3. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?
(a) Meteorites.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Missiles.
(d) People.

4. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?
(a) The Martians are very small.
(b) The Martians do not seem very dangerous.
(c) The Martians are very weak.
(d) The Martians move very slowly.

5. How does the first man get into the pit?
(a) He slips on the edge.
(b) A Martian pulls him in.
(c) The crowd pushes him in.
(d) He jumps in.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?

2. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?

3. What saves some people from the first heat ray?

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

5. Who does not die in the heat ray?

(see the answer key)

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