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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 5, The Stillness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The common.
(c) A river.
(d) Under London.

2. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?
(a) Argue.
(b) Tell the narrator to leave.
(c) Scream.
(d) Shoot into the pit.

3. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?
(a) Love.
(b) The underworld.
(c) War.
(d) Wisdom.

4. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Water.
(d) Bourbon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?

2. What element are the gas jets that first streamed toward Earth primarily made from?

3. How long do the curate and the narrator hide in the house before the narrator hits the curate?

4. Who is Ogilvy?

5. What is a Deputation?

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