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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1, Under Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) Ogilvy.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Henderson.

2. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A reporter.
(c) The milkman.
(d) His wife.

3. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) London.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Bristol.

4. Why do the narrator and the curate decide to leave the riverbank?
(a) They want to find other people.
(b) They hear gunfire.
(c) Soldiers tell them to leave.
(d) The Martians are getting closer.

5. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?
(a) War.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Love.
(d) The underworld.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?

2. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

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

4. How far is Mars from Earth?

5. How does the narrator paddle across the river when he finds a small boat?

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