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

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

3. What do the soldier and the narrator bring with them when they decide to leave Woking?
(a) Food and whiskey.
(b) Food and water.
(c) Weapons and food.
(d) Food and the narrator's dog.

4. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?
(a) They are crushed.
(b) They are captured by Martians.
(c) They are shot.
(d) They are arrested.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?

2. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?

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

4. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

5. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?

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