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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 8, Friday Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?
(a) On the common.
(b) His house.
(c) The train station.
(d) In a restaurant.

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

3. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Crying.
(b) Hammering.
(c) Drilling.
(d) Beeping.

4. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?
(a) They think that the visitors must be crazy.
(b) They insist on calling the military for help.
(c) They become angry at the visitors.
(d) They become very alarmed.

5. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?
(a) A faint stirring.
(b) Screaming.
(c) Singing.
(d) Someone banging on the walls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

2. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?

3. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

4. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

5. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?

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