Chapters 1 - 3
Where is the cylinder from? What is the information we have on this planet? It's inhabitants?
Vocabulary:
scrutinize (3)
incessant (5)
incandescent (6)
vigil (7)
calamity (8)
irresolute (14)
extinguish (18)
Chapters 4 - 7
How do the Martians attack? What do they look like? Draw your answer using details from the novel.
Vocabulary:
jostling (20)
cavity (21)
avert (23)
apex (27)
combustible (31)
novelty (32)
perplex (35)
haggard (37)
Chapters 8 - 10
The author thought he would be safe because of the gravitational difference between Earth and Mars. Why was he wrong?
Vocabulary:
canard (40)
tidings (41)
desolate (42)
sentimental (45)
contemplate (46)
armament (47)
bevy (49)
Chapters 11 - 12
How is the Martian machine destroyed? How does the author save himself?
Vocabulary:
lethargy (62)
obscure (63)
skulking (65)
gaunt (66)
rampart (72)
jest (75)
smote (76)
Chapters 13 - 14
What do the people of London believe happened? Why do you think people have trouble believing the truth?
Vocabulary:
terrestrial (82)
proximity (83)
midst (88)
imminent (89)
ascertain (90)
nocturnal (91)
Chapters 15 - 16
Why do you think the narrator's brother is having so much difficulty leaving London?
Vocabulary:
serene (104)
tedious (105)
pungent (109)
palpable (112)
coherent (114)
pugalist (117)
reproach (124)
Chapter 17
How is the brother able to escape the destruction of London?
Vocabulary:
remnant (132)
hearsay (133)
exorbitant (136)
Book 2 - Chapter 2
What do the MArtians live off of? Where do they gain this nourishment?
Vocabulary:
circumspection (144)
rout (147)
domocile (149)
impetus (156)
tactile (158)
facetious (161)
Chapters 3 - 5
How is the author able to stay alive with the Martians so close?
Vocabulary:
accentuate (167)
enigma (170)
cajole (174)
parched (179)
Chapters 6 - 7
What is the future of humanity according to the artillaryman that the author meets?
Vocabulary:
dismal (184)
desolate (187)
prowl (188)
resolute (197)
contemplate (199)
parley (200)
Chapters 8 - 10
Why were the Matrians defeated? What was the fate of the author?
Vocabulary:
desertion (209)
exultation (214)
morbidity (221)
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