The War of the Worlds Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Book 1: Chapter 1, The Eve of War

1. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?

2. How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives?

3. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?

4. How far is Mars from Earth?

5. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?

6. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?

7. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?

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

9. Who is Ogilvy?

10. How many gas jets...
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