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

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

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

4. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?
(a) A Martian.
(b) Fire.
(c) Green smoke.
(d) A missle.

5. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) London.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Oxford.
(d) Lincoln.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?

2. Who is Henderson?

3. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

4. What saves some people from the first heat ray?

5. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

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