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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 10, In the Storm.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?
(a) They are arrested.
(b) They are crushed.
(c) They are shot.
(d) They are captured by Martians.

3. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?
(a) Behind a tree.
(b) In a shack.
(c) Under a piece of wood.
(d) In a ditch.

4. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?
(a) He wants to try to signal the Martians.
(b) He wants to gather his possessions.
(c) He wants to see the Martians die.
(d) He is afraid something will happen to his house.

5. Who is Marshall?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A farmer.
(d) A tobacconist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

2. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?

3. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?

4. How do most people react to the invasion on the first Friday after the cylinder lands?

5. Who does not die in the heat ray?

(see the answer key)

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