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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 6, The Work of Fifteen Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does not die in the heat ray?
(a) A Martian.
(b) Ogilvy.
(c) Stent.
(d) Henderson.

2. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He decides to hide.
(b) He heads back to the crash site.
(c) He panics.
(d) He makes plans to leave town.

3. What do the soldier and the narrator bring with them when they decide to leave Woking?
(a) Weapons and food.
(b) Food and whiskey.
(c) Food and water.
(d) Food and the narrator's dog.

4. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) One hundred
(c) One thousand.
(d) Fifty.

5. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?
(a) On the common.
(b) In a restaurant.
(c) The train station.
(d) His house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Committee of Public Safety do when they meet the narrator's brother?

2. What direction do the Martians head after they attack Surrey?

3. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?

4. Why is the narrator's brother not very concerned about the narrator at first?

5. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?

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