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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1, Under Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?
(a) They are trapped.
(b) The Martians are coming.
(c) People are evacuating.
(d) There is nothing to worry about.

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

3. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Chertsey.
(b) Clovelly.
(c) Farnham.
(d) Bibury.

4. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Drawings.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Souvenirs.

5. Where does the narrator's brother live?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Woking.
(c) Weybridge.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?

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

3. What does the word "canard" mean?

4. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?

5. What two emotions does the narrator experience after the first Martian appears?

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