Chapter 12 What I Saw Of The Destruction Of Waybridge And Shepperton

Question 1

What happens

Answer 1

Narrator and artillery man vacate his house
Intends to go back to leather head but gets diverted by battle of martians and humans
Narrator takes cover in river
One of the martians is killed

Question 2

Quote to show the narrator used to death

Answer 2

“ three charred bodies “

Question 3

Quote to show the martians coming

Answer 3

“ strange, swift and terrible creatures “

Question 4

Quote to show an analogy

Answer 4

“ confusion of ants in a nest against which his foot has kicked “

Question 5

Quote to show the martians defeated

Answer 5

“ blundered on and collapsed “

Question 6

What do the martians do when attacking

Answer 6

They go to the weapons instead of the humans showing their intelligence
We can’t hurt them without machinery

Question 7

What is symbolic about the martian falling onto the church

Answer 7

Even if we can destroy the martians life on earth as we know it will be greatly damaged perhaps beyond repair
One martians death caused many casualties

Question 8

What creates excitement for the reader

Answer 8

Vivid description of the scalding water and the additional excitement of the highly unexpected event of the Martian tripod being destroyed giving humanity a chance