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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 7, How I Reached Home.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Lincoln.
(b) Bristol.
(c) London.
(d) Oxford.

4. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) The League of Astronomers.
(b) Astronomers United.
(c) The National Association of Astronomers.
(d) The Astronomical Exchange.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?

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

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

4. How far is Mars from Earth?

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

(see the answer key)

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