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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. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?
(a) He steals a horse.
(b) He runs into his wife.
(c) He gets into a fight.
(d) He passes out.

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

3. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A cat.
(c) A lion.
(d) A bear.

4. How does the first man get into the pit?
(a) He jumps in.
(b) A Martian pulls him in.
(c) The crowd pushes him in.
(d) He slips on the edge.

5. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?
(a) A tank.
(b) A firing squad.
(c) A shell.
(d) A bomb.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a Deputation?

3. How far is Mars from Earth?

4. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

5. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?

(see the answer key)

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