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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. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?
(a) London.
(b) Wincester.
(c) Leatherhead.
(d) Woking.

2. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Daily Chronicle.
(b) News of the Day.
(c) The Woking Journal.
(d) The Post-Dispatch.

3. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1894.

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

5. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Clovelly.
(b) Farnham.
(c) Chertsey.
(d) Bibury.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the first Martian's skin?

2. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?

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

4. Who is Henderson?

5. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?

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