"War of the Worlds" Radio Play
Authored by Jennifer Samaniego
English
8th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
"War of the Worlds" radio play is based on the original novel by...
HG Wells
Gene Roddenberry
George Lucus
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CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.4
CCSS.RL.7.10
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
The aliens are from...
Mars
Venus
Pluto
Russia
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CCSS.RI.1.1
CCSS.RI.2.1
CCSS.RI.3.1
CCSS.RL.2.1
CCSS.RL.3.1
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
What kind of weapon did the Martians use?
Ray Guns
Heat Rays
Bullets
Gamma rays
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
How does the play end?
The aliens are infected by a virus.
Humans drop atomic bombs on them.
The army uses flame throwers against them.
Black birds kill them by pecking out their eyes.
Tags
CCSS.RL.8.7
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.7.7
CCSS.RL.7.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
These announcements were to seemingly “interrupt” a regularly scheduled broadcast to dispatch information about ____________ attack
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Orson Welles and writer Howard Kotch updated The War of the Worlds story by moving the setting to ______________.
England
New Jersey
Africa
the year 2035
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
In what year did CBS present their adaptation of the science fiction novel "The War of the Worlds"?
1950
1880
1938
1971
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CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
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