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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. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?
(a) A soldier.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Ogilvy.
(d) A construction worker.

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

3. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?
(a) He is selling newspapers.
(b) He is trying to cause trouble.
(c) He is just trying to get attention.
(d) He is alarmed about the Martians.

4. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?
(a) A Martian.
(b) A missle.
(c) Fire.
(d) Green smoke.

5. How does the first man get into the pit?
(a) A Martian pulls him in.
(b) The crowd pushes him in.
(c) He slips on the edge.
(d) He jumps in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

2. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?

3. What does the word "canard" mean?

4. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?

5. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?

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