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

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

3. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Hammering.
(b) Crying.
(c) Drilling.
(d) Beeping.

4. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Invaders from Mars Discovered!
(b) Message Received From Mars.
(c) Evacuate Immediately.
(d) Government Says Not to be Alarmed.

5. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) One thousand.
(c) Fifty.
(d) One hundred

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?

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

3. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?

4. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

5. Why does Ogilvy think it is impossible for the Martians to become established on Earth?

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