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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 9, Wreckage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the weed that seems to be everywhere around the ruined house?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.

2. Where does the narrator find the soldier who he is traveling with earlier in the story?
(a) A trench.
(b) The Sleeping Dog Inn.
(c) A tavern.
(d) Wimbledon Common.

3. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Language.
(c) Biology.
(d) Philosophy.

4. What does the narrator use to hit the curate in the head?
(a) A cart wheel.
(b) A chair.
(c) An axe.
(d) A meat chopper.

5. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?
(a) In a closet.
(b) In the attic.
(c) In the basement.
(d) Behind some shelves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?

2. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?

3. About what time does the Martian attack of Surrey start?

4. How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey?

5. What saves some people from the first heat ray?

(see the answer key)

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