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

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

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

4. What is a Deputation?
(a) A group of soldiers.
(b) A group of delegates.
(c) A group of journalists.
(d) A group of police officers.

5. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) The Astronomical Exchange.
(b) The League of Astronomers.
(c) Astronomers United.
(d) The National Association of Astronomers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does not die in the heat ray?

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

3. How many nights in a row are the gas jets spotted before they stop?

4. Who is Ogilvy?

5. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?

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