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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 12, What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:
(a) Ignoring him.
(b) Pulling him into the pit.
(c) Attacking him.
(d) Shooting at him.

2. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?
(a) They are disappointed.
(b) It scares them.
(c) They are indifferent to it.
(d) They are angry.

3. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?
(a) Tell the narrator to leave.
(b) Scream.
(c) Shoot into the pit.
(d) Argue.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?

2. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?

3. What can survive the heat ray?

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

5. What is a "sapper?"

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