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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 15, What Had Happened in Surrey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Singing.
(b) A faint stirring.
(c) Someone banging on the walls.
(d) Screaming.

2. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?
(a) Throwing rocks at it.
(b) Trying to open it.
(c) Yelling at it.
(d) Daring each other to touch it.

3. How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey?
(a) He does not.
(b) He can repair it from inside.
(c) He kills everyone nearby and then repairs it.
(d) The other Martians protect him.

4. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Souvenirs.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Drawings.
(d) Lemonade.

5. About what time does the Martian attack of Surrey start?
(a) Midnight.
(b) 8:00 PM.
(c) 3:00 PM.
(d) 11:00 AM.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced?

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

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

4. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

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

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