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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. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?
(a) In the sewer.
(b) Under dead bodies.
(c) In a house.
(d) Under a pile of leaves.

2. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) Fifty.
(b) One hundred
(c) Four hundred.
(d) One thousand.

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

4. What saves some people from the first heat ray?
(a) A mound of sand.
(b) A metal shield.
(c) A tree trunk.
(d) A group of soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the first man get into the pit?

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

3. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?

4. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?

5. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?

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