Meteor, by John Wyndham

The story was published in

• 1969

• 1956

• 1959

• 1960

The humans about to have dinner at the start are

• Sally and her father

• Sally and Graham

• Sally, Graham and her father, Mr. Fontain

Onn's planet is called

• Forza

• Forta

• Fortinbras

• Forever

The highest authority which delivers a goodbye speech to the future colonizers is referred to as

• His Highness

• His Royal Highness

• His Excellency

Onn and his fellow volunteers are leaving because

• Forta is uninhabitable

• Forta will run out of resources

• Forta is under attack

• Forta has lost its atmosphere

In Onn's hopeful view, our world is compared to a...

• blue ball

• green ball

• blue pearl

• green and blue jewel

The aliens consider the possibility of our being a geometrical world because...

• all surfaces are square

• everything is rectangular

• they come out inside a shed

Which creatures do the aliens confront in their explorations?

• a cat, rats, spiders and a dog

• a cat, insects, spiders, rats and a dog

• a dog, a cat and rats

• a cat, two dogs, rats and insects

The Police Officers seem

• highly efficient

• down to earth and casual

• inefficient and slow

• reluctant to investigate

Which phrase said by Onn is echoed by Sally's words?

• "If we have faith..."

• "Simply to work and live in peace"

• "Simply to live, to work, to live, in peace"

• "Imagine how it would be..."