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

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

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

4. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Seven.

5. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Biology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the first visitors to the cylinder think is inside it at first?

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

3. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

4. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?

5. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?

(see the answer key)

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