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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 10, In the Storm.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?
(a) A cry for help.
(b) A scream.
(c) Laughter.
(d) A confused noise.

2. What saves some people from the first heat ray?
(a) A mound of sand.
(b) A metal shield.
(c) A tree trunk.
(d) A group of soldiers.

3. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Twenty.
(d) One.

4. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?
(a) A peace sign.
(b) A heart.
(c) A British flag.
(d) A white flag.

5. How many nights in a row are the gas jets spotted before they stop?
(a) Four.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

2. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?

3. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?

4. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?

5. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?

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