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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 does the narrator refer to as The Thing when he comes back to town after taking his wife away?
(a) A Martian tripod.
(b) The heat ray.
(c) A dead Martian.
(d) A new Martian weapon.

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

3. How far is Mars from Earth?
(a) 45 million miles.
(b) 15 million miles.
(c) 35 million miles.
(d) 20 million miles.

4. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?
(a) Stevens.
(b) Silas.
(c) Smith.
(d) Stent.

5. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?
(a) London.
(b) Leatherhead.
(c) Wincester.
(d) Woking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?

2. Who is Ogilvy?

3. What color is the first Martian's skin?

4. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?

5. What does the narrator see in the sky as he goes to town on his way back from the inn?

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