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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 word "canard" mean?
(a) A distraction.
(b) A card game.
(c) A worthless object.
(d) A false story.

2. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?
(a) Under London.
(b) A river.
(c) The common.
(d) The ocean.

3. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?
(a) Love.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) The underworld.
(d) War.

4. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?
(a) He is afraid something will happen to his house.
(b) He wants to see the Martians die.
(c) He wants to try to signal the Martians.
(d) He wants to gather his possessions.

5. Who is Ogilvy?
(a) An astronomer.
(b) A philosopher.
(c) A laborer.
(d) A reporter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is a Deputation?

3. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?

4. What does the narrator refer to as The Thing when he comes back to town after taking his wife away?

5. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?

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