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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. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?
(a) Vegetation.
(b) Moisture.
(c) Temperature cooling.
(d) Nitrogen.

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

3. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) The underworld.
(c) Love.
(d) War.

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

5. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Lord Vasser.
(b) Lord William.
(c) Lord Hilton.
(d) Lord Harrington.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?

3. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

4. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?

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

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