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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. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?
(a) They become angry at the visitors.
(b) They become very alarmed.
(c) They insist on calling the military for help.
(d) They think that the visitors must be crazy.

2. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?
(a) The Martians move very slowly.
(b) The Martians are very weak.
(c) The Martians do not seem very dangerous.
(d) The Martians are very small.

3. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 20 million miles.
(b) 35 million miles.
(c) 45 million miles.
(d) 15 million miles.

4. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?
(a) Excitement and anger.
(b) Fear and anger.
(c) Fear and curiosity.
(d) Excitement and fear.

5. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?
(a) Helium.
(b) Hydrogen.
(c) Neon.
(d) Oxygen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a Deputation?

2. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?

3. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?

4. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

5. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

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