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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. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?
(a) They are indifferent to it.
(b) They are angry.
(c) They are disappointed.
(d) It scares them.

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

3. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He panics.
(b) He decides to hide.
(c) He makes plans to leave town.
(d) He heads back to the crash site.

4. Who is Henderson?
(a) A journalist.
(b) An astronomer.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A doctor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?

2. What disability does Henderson have?

3. What do the first visitors to the cylinder think is inside it at first?

4. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?

5. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?

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