The Narrator
Who does the narrator live with (two people)?
What is the first weapon that they use?
The Heat Ray
This character thought the Martians were sent as a punishment from God.
The Curate
How did the majority of people in London learn about the invasion?
Newspapers
Which battlefield weapon had been developed earlier in the century, perhaps influencing Wells' choice for one of the Martian weapons?
Poisonous gas (Black Smoke)
Which group of people does the narrator reflect have been made extinct by other humans (alongside the dodo and bison)?
Tasmanians
What plant life did the Martians bring with them?
Red Weed
Who does the narrator borrow a dog-cart from?
The landlord of the Spotted Dog
How many men were attacking Mrs Elphinstone and her sister-in-law?
Three
Which two typical genres of the time does this novel fit into?
Invasion Literature and Science (Scientific) Romance
What injury did the narrator sustain in Shepperton?
Scalded
Which word do they repeatedly cry to each other when they are dying?
Ulla
This character stole a bicycle
The narrator's brother
In which county did the brother (and many others) escape by boat - for an exorbitant price?
Essex
Why was Wells (and the narrator) so familiar with landmarks and places in both London and the countryside?
Wells left London due to his affair, and then rode around all of the local Surrey towns/villages, plotting their destruction when planning his novel.
How long was the narrator trapped in the damaged house for?
15 days
How many cylinders did the Martians send to earth?
10
Who gives the narrator a cigar?
The artilleryman
How many people were killed in teh initial attack of the Heat Ray on Horsell Common?
Nearly 40
Which geographical feature spotted on Mars was misinterpreted at the time, leaving some in England believing that there may have been life on Mars?
Channels (misinterpreted as canals)
How does the narrator try to end his own life?
Show himself to the Martians.
What animal does the narrator use to compare the size of the Martians to?
A bear
Who leads the attempted excavation of the first cylinder?
Stent (The Royal Astronomer)
Where does the narrator stand to see masses of people visiting the Martian wreckages?
Primrose Hill
Who did Wells study under, helping to make him a believer in evolutionary theory?
Thomas Huxley - 'Darwin's Bulldog'