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

2. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?
(a) Nitrogen.
(b) Temperature cooling.
(c) Vegetation.
(d) Moisture.

3. About how many people does the heat ray kill?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) One hundred.

4. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He heads back to the crash site.
(b) He decides to hide.
(c) He makes plans to leave town.
(d) He panics.

5. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?
(a) Leatherhead.
(b) London.
(c) Woking.
(d) Wincester.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the gas jets?

2. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?

3. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?

4. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?

5. What can survive the heat ray?

(see the answer key)

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