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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. Who is Henderson?
(a) An astronomer.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A journalist.

2. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Chertsey.
(b) Clovelly.
(c) Farnham.
(d) Bibury.

3. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Hammering.
(b) Drilling.
(c) Crying.
(d) Beeping.

4. Who does not die in the heat ray?
(a) Stent.
(b) A Martian.
(c) Henderson.
(d) Ogilvy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?

2. What does the word "canard" mean?

3. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?

4. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

5. What color are the gas jets?

(see the answer key)

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