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

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

3. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Drawings.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Souvenirs.

4. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Chertsey.
(b) Clovelly.
(c) Farnham.
(d) Bibury.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

3. How far is Mars from Earth?

4. Who is Ogilvy?

5. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?

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