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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 12, What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?
(a) Smith.
(b) Stevens.
(c) Stent.
(d) Silas.
2. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Post-Dispatch.
(b) The Daily Chronicle.
(c) The Woking Journal.
(d) News of the Day.
3. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Fifty.
(c) One hundred
(d) Four hundred.
4. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?
(a) Water.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Bourbon.
5. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?
(a) They are crushed.
(b) They are arrested.
(c) They are captured by Martians.
(d) They are shot.
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. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?
3. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?
4. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?
5. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?
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