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

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

3. Who is Henderson?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) An astronomer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A journalist.

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

5. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?
(a) Thirty yards.
(b) Ten yards.
(c) Five yards.
(d) Twenty yards.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?

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

3. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?

4. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?

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

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