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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. 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 trying to cause trouble.
(c) He is just trying to get attention.
(d) He is alarmed about the Martians.

2. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?
(a) They become angry at the visitors.
(b) They insist on calling the military for help.
(c) They think that the visitors must be crazy.
(d) They become very alarmed.

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

4. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Language.
(d) Biology.

5. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?
(a) They push him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They laugh at him.
(d) They pry him for details.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

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

5. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?

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