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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. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) It scares them.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are disappointed.

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

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

4. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?
(a) A heart.
(b) A British flag.
(c) A white flag.
(d) A peace sign.

5. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?
(a) He is alarmed about the Martians.
(b) He is just trying to get attention.
(c) He is selling newspapers.
(d) He is trying to cause trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can survive the heat ray?

2. What does the word "canard" mean?

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

4. What disability does Henderson have?

5. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?

(see the answer key)

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