War of the Worlds Book 1 - Ch 1- 14

In the opening of the novel, Wells compares humans to ants and microscopic creatures. This suggests

• Wells thinks mankind is too self-centred and is trying to burst our bubble

• Wells thinks very little of humans at the moment

• Wells is trying to make a point that humanity might not be the strongest force out there

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why does Wells mention the people from Tasmania?

• Because they are fierce like the Martians

• Because he admired them

• To remind us that people have done horrible things to eachother

• To make a subtle point about the British Empire wiping people out, as the Martians soon will.

Our narrator has no name.

• True

• False

The narrator meets Ogilvy who takes him to the ... to see the meteor shower.

• Astronomy Tower

• Observatory

• Telescope

• Astronomer's Laboratory

People first notice...

• A falling star

• A falling bomb

• Explosions from the Heat Ray

• Forests burning

Where does Ogilvy find the first cylinder?

• Horsell Common

• Worthing

• Leatherhead

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Ogilvy finds the cylinder is too hot to touch. Why did he want to touch it?

• He thought there were people trapped in there who needed rescuing

• He wanted to see what was inside it

• He was curious to see what it was made of

• He was trying to steal a part of it

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

People believe Ogilvy immediately about the cylinder.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Soon after, the newspapers run with the story of the cylinder, what was the headline?

• "A Message Received from Mars. Remarkable Story from Woking."

• "Messages from Space. Remarkable story from Woking!

• "A Message Received from Mars. War on the Horizon."

The cylinder opens and the creature inside has:

• snake-like tentacles

• a body about the size of a bear

• skin that glistens like "wet leather"

• all of the above