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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 4, The Cylinder Opens.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?
(a) His house.
(b) On the common.
(c) The train station.
(d) In a restaurant.

2. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Message Received From Mars.
(b) Invaders from Mars Discovered!
(c) Evacuate Immediately.
(d) Government Says Not to be Alarmed.

3. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?
(a) A lion.
(b) A dog.
(c) A cat.
(d) A bear.

4. 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) Yelling at it.
(d) Daring each other to touch it.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives?

2. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?

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

4. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?

5. How far is Mars from Earth?

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