General Info
What is the genre of the book?
science fiction
What is another name for the aliens?
Martian
What is the Narrator's name?
Unknown as of now (Chapters 1-5).
What is the first thing that happens in the story?
An explosion on Mars
Who is the author of the book?
H.G. Wells
What is another word for germs?
bacteria
What is the name of the character who is most interested in finding the "fallen star"?
Oglivy
How does chapter 5 end?
The people are all dead, the Martians and their machines disappear into the pit, and the narrator runs home in shock and fear.
True or false: The book has been turned into many movie versions, and a radio version.
True
What does companion mean?
a friend
Who takes a walk with his wife and "explains the Signs of the Zodiacs to her", and pointed out Mars?
the narrator
False.
What is the setting of the story?
a town in England in the 1800s
What does hollow mean?
empty / not full
Who is the Astronomer Royal (a position in the Royal House in the UK) and is also one of the first characters to die by the heat-ray?
Stent
What happens to the first people who find the cylinders?
They are killed by the Martians' heat-ray.
When was the book written?
The 1800's / 19th century /1898
What is the name for someone who studies the stars?
astronomer
Who is a reporter and telegraphs news of the martians to his paper?
Henderson
What do the Martians use to kill the people?
A heat-ray from their machines.