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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) Wincester.
(b) Woking.
(c) London.
(d) Leatherhead.

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

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

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

5. How many nights in a row are the gas jets spotted before they stop?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Four.
(c) Six.
(d) Ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?

2. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

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

4. What color are the gas jets?

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

(see the answer key)

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