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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. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) London.
(d) Oxford.

2. What does the soldier do who pairs up with the narrator?
(a) He is a pilot.
(b) He is a sailor.
(c) He is an artilleryman.
(d) He is a general.

3. In what year did the Martian invasion begin?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1895.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?

2. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?

3. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?

4. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

5. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?

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