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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 does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?
(a) A white flag.
(b) A British flag.
(c) A heart.
(d) A peace sign.

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

3. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?
(a) The Monster.
(b) The Thing.
(c) It.
(d) The Rocket.

4. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) One hundred
(b) One thousand.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Fifty.

5. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

2. What disability does Henderson have?

3. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?

4. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?

5. Why does the narrator say that he recounted the story of his brother?

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