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

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

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

4. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?
(a) It is made of unknown materials.
(b) It is invisible.
(c) It is hidden.
(d) It does not exist.

5. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?
(a) Thirty yards.
(b) Twenty yards.
(c) Five yards.
(d) Ten yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

2. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

3. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?

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

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

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