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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) Nitrogen.
(b) Moisture.
(c) Temperature cooling.
(d) Vegetation.

2. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?
(a) A faint stirring.
(b) Singing.
(c) Screaming.
(d) Someone banging on the walls.

3. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?
(a) The narrator.
(b) Henderson.
(c) A construction worker.
(d) Ogilvy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?

2. What color are the gas jets?

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

4. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

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

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