| Question | Answer |
| How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator? | 140 million miles
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How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives? | About half
| What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator? | Temperature cooling
| How far is Mars from Earth? | 35 milliom miles
| In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior? | Mathematics
| In what year did the Martian invasion begin? | 1894
| Who is Ogilvy? | An astronomer
| What are the gas jets in the sky orginally assumed to be? | Missiles
| Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes? | Ogilvy
| What does the narrator first call the cylinder? | The thing
| How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2? | Goes back to the site
| What is the London newspaperś headline the day afte the first cylinder crashes? | Message Received from Mars
| What two emotions does the narrator experience after the firt Martian appears? | fear and curiosity
| What can survive the heat ray? | nothing
| What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray? | asdf
| WHat does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife? | A shell
| How do most of the people react to the invasion on the first Friday after the cylinder lands? | They have not taken much notice of it. |
