The Invaders
Which planet do the invaders come from?
Mars
The martians destroy most of their victims with this.
Heat ray
When the narrator experiences a sense of "dethronement" he compares himself to....
a rabbit
Gravity on Earth is stronger than on Mars
Where does the narrator's brother live?
London
Why do the invaders come to Earth?
They need food and somewhere to live. Mars is old and dying.
How do the invaders get to Earth?
Canisters shot form a cannon
Why do the Martians build cages?
To keep people inside, breed them, eat them. Like we do in the meat industry.
What job did the curate have before the invasion?
He was a priest
Where does the narrator take his wife?
His cousin's home in Leatherhead
How do Martians move along the Earth?
Slowly and clumsily
What do the Martians use to move around on Earth?
A mechanical robot that has tentacles.
What did the narrator do when his companion ran for the door screaming at the aliens?
He hit him in the head with the back of an ax
What is the soldier’s plan in book 2?
To start a civilization in the sewers
Where does the artilleryman plan to live?
Sewers
When do the Martians make their strange "hoot"ing noise?
Before they eat
The narrator's brother witnesses two alien machines destroyed by....
A battleship at sea (The Thunder Child)
"It never was a war, anymore than there's a war between men and ________."
ants
What is the narrator's job before the invasion?
He was a writer that focused on morality.
What causes the narrator and his companion to become trapped in a house?
More aliens land and build machines
How are the Martians destroyed?
Germs and bacteria kill them from the inside
Humans destroy one of the first of the invaders’ robots with what type of weapon?
Artillery shells
The Martians' black vapor is used methodically as a man might smoke out a ____________'s nest
Wasp
When does the Curate lose his mind?
When he sees a person eaten by the Martians.
Where do the invaders land?
Sandpit