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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. Who asks the narrator to go to the landowner's estate with him?
(a) Ogilvy.
(b) Henderson.
(c) A construction worker.
(d) A soldier.

2. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?
(a) He is selling newspapers.
(b) He is alarmed about the Martians.
(c) He is just trying to get attention.
(d) He is trying to cause trouble.

3. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?
(a) The milkman.
(b) A reporter.
(c) A policeman.
(d) His wife.

4. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?
(a) Fear and anger.
(b) Fear and curiosity.
(c) Excitement and anger.
(d) Excitement and fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How large in diameter is the first cylinder?

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

3. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?

4. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?

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

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