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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 8, Friday Night.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

2. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?
(a) Destroy it.
(b) Open it.
(c) Dig it out.
(d) Study it.

3. What does the word "canard" mean?
(a) A distraction.
(b) A worthless object.
(c) A false story.
(d) A card game.

4. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?
(a) A heart.
(b) A peace sign.
(c) A British flag.
(d) A white flag.

5. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?
(a) It.
(b) The Monster.
(c) The Rocket.
(d) The Thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the first visitors to the cylinder think is inside it at first?

2. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

3. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?

4. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?

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

(see the answer key)

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