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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. What do the first visitors to the cylinder think is inside it at first?
(a) An animal.
(b) A strange creature.
(c) A man.
(d) A Martian invader.

2. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?
(a) Thirty.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty.

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

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

5. About how many people does the heat ray kill?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Forty.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most people react to the invasion on the first Friday after the cylinder lands?

2. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?

3. Who is Henderson?

4. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

5. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?

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