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

2. What disability does Henderson have?
(a) He cannot move one of his arms.
(b) He cannot walk.
(c) He is deaf in one ear.
(d) He has a speech impediment.

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

4. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?
(a) A scream.
(b) Laughter.
(c) A cry for help.
(d) A confused noise.

5. How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives?
(a) About twice as much.
(b) About three-quarters.
(c) About one-quarter.
(d) About half.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How far is Mars from Earth?

5. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?

(see the answer key)

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