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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 15, What Had Happened in Surrey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator escape when the army first fights the Martians?
(a) He hides in the water.
(b) The Martians do not see him.
(c) He fights with them.
(d) A soldier helps him get away.

2. How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

3. About what time does the Martian attack of Surrey start?
(a) 11:00 AM.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 3:00 PM.
(d) 8:00 PM.

4. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:
(a) Attacking him.
(b) Pulling him into the pit.
(c) Ignoring him.
(d) Shooting at him.

5. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Shepperton.
(c) London.
(d) Weybridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

2. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?

3. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?

4. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

5. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?

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