View a FREE sample

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) A man.
(b) An animal.
(c) A Martian invader.
(d) A strange creature.

2. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?
(a) Chobham.
(b) Woking.
(c) London.
(d) Ottershaw.

3. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) Henderson.
(c) Ogilvy.
(d) A soldier.

4. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) The National Association of Astronomers.
(b) The League of Astronomers.
(c) Astronomers United.
(d) The Astronomical Exchange.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?

4. About how many people does the heat ray kill?

5. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 190 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample