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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. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Language.
(d) Biology.

2. What color is the first Martian's skin?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Pink.
(c) Gray.
(d) Orange.

3. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?
(a) The Rocket.
(b) The Monster.
(c) The Thing.
(d) It.

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

5. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 20 million miles.
(b) 15 million miles.
(c) 35 million miles.
(d) 45 million miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disability does Henderson have?

2. How does the first man get into the pit?

3. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?

4. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?

5. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?

(see the answer key)

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