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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. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:
(a) Pulling him into the pit.
(b) Ignoring him.
(c) Shooting at him.
(d) Attacking him.

2. How far does the narrator have to drive his wife in the cart?
(a) Seven miles.
(b) Ten miles.
(c) Twelve blocks.
(d) Twelve miles.

3. What happens to the narrator's horse when he goes back to Woking?
(a) It runs away.
(b) It throws him off.
(c) It falls and breaks its neck.
(d) Someone steals it.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?

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

3. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?

4. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?

5. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?

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