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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. Who does not die in the heat ray?
(a) Ogilvy.
(b) Henderson.
(c) A Martian.
(d) Stent.

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

3. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Bourbon.

4. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?
(a) He runs into his wife.
(b) He gets into a fight.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He steals a horse.

5. What color is the first Martian's skin?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) Orange.
(d) Gray.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?

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

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

4. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?

5. What saves some people from the first heat ray?

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