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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1, Under Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?
(a) He wants to see the Martians die.
(b) He wants to try to signal the Martians.
(c) He is afraid something will happen to his house.
(d) He wants to gather his possessions.

2. Why does the curate go with the narrator after they leave the first house?
(a) He does not want to be alone.
(b) He thinks that the narrator is a good leader.
(c) He does not want the narrator to be left alone.
(d) The narrator may be able to help him get home.

3. How much light does Mars receive from the Sun, compared to the light Earth receives?
(a) About twice as much.
(b) About half.
(c) About one-quarter.
(d) About three-quarters.

4. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) London.
(d) Oxford.

5. Why does the narrator say that he recounted the story of his brother?
(a) To show how brave his brother is.
(b) To show how much stronger he is than his brother.
(c) His own story was getting boring.
(d) To show the evacuation of his brother's city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator's brother here about London as he travels with the two women?

2. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?

3. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?

4. How is the narrator's brother able to help the two women subdue their attackers?

5. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?

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