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The War of the Worlds
Chapters 4-6

Directions:  Answer the following questions in your own words.

1.  Describe the scene at the sandpit. ____________________________________________________ 

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2.  What comes out of the cylinders?  Describe it.  __________________________________________

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3.  Why do the Martians move so slowly? ________________________________________________

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4.  Why do the men approach the Martians with a white flag? _________________________________

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5.  How do the Martians react to the white flag? ____________________________________________

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6.  What sort of technology do the Martians use? __________________________________________

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7. What is ironic about why Stent and the others call the army for help? _________________________

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8.  What two factors help the Martians overcome the gravitational differences between Mars & Earth?

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9.  What does the narrator do after he flees from the sandpit? _________________________________

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10.  Why does the narrator go home after the attack instead of running farther? ___________________

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