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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. What does the Martian tentacle reach into the ruined house and take?
(a) A piece of glass.
(b) A chair leg.
(c) A doorknob.
(d) A lump of coal.

2. How long do the curate and the narrator hide in the house before the narrator hits the curate?
(a) Six days.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Seven days.

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

4. What is the Thunder Child?
(a) A large gun.
(b) A warship.
(c) A tank.
(d) A horse.

5. What does the curate spend most days doing just after the house is ruined?
(a) Praying.
(b) Looking for food.
(c) Crying.
(d) Planning his escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

2. The curate drinks the last bottle of what beverage?

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

4. What are the four tripods carrying when they join the initial Martian attack on Surrey?

5. What color is the weed that seems to be everywhere around the ruined house?

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