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The War of the Worlds | Quiz

H. G. Wells
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The War of the Worlds | Quiz

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1)

How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night? (from Book 1: Chapter 8, Friday Night)

Eight.
One.
Twenty.
Six.
2)

How long does the narrator stay in the house after he is found wandering the streets? (from Book 2: Chapter 9, Wreckage)

One day.
Four days.
One week.
Three weeks.
3)

How far does the narrator have to drive his wife in the cart? (from Book 1: Chapter 10, In the Storm)

Twelve miles.
Seven miles.
Twelve blocks.
Ten miles.
4)

Who is Marshall? (from Book 1: Chapter 9, The Fighting Begins)

A soldier.
A fisherman.
A farmer.
A tobacconist.
5)

How is the soldier separated from his unit? (from Book 1: Chapter 11, At the Window)

He was discharged.
They abadoned him.
His horse fell.
He ran away.
6)

Where does the narrator's brother live? (from Book 1: Chapter 14, In London)

Woking.
London.
Surrey.
Weybridge.
7)

What is the name of the song that the narrator invents? (from Book 2: Chapter 9, Wreckage)

The One Survivor.
The Last One Standing.
The Invincible Man.
The Last Man Alive.
8)

What does the narrator think that the government should do when the invasion ends? (from Book 2: Chapter 10, Epilogue)

Announce a national holiday.
Provide funding to rebuild cities.
Prepare for another invasion.
Hire scientists to find out more about the Martians.
9)

Why do the narrator and the curate decide to leave the riverbank? (from Book 1: Chapter 13, How I Fell in with the Curate)

The Martians are getting closer.
Soldiers tell them to leave.
They want to find other people.
They hear gunfire.
10)

Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn? (from Book 1: Chapter 10, In the Storm)

He wants to try to signal the Martians.
He is afraid something will happen to his house.
He wants to see the Martians die.
He wants to gather his possessions.
11)

As he watches from the ruined house, the narrator sees a Martian pick up a person from where? (from Book 2: Chapter 3, The Days of Imprisonment)

A house.
A bush.
A cart.
A cage.
12)

How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey? (from Book 1: Chapter 15, What Had Happened in Surrey)

The other Martians protect him.
He kills everyone nearby and then repairs it.
He does not.
He can repair it from inside.
13)

How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator? (from Book 1: Chapter 11, At the Window)

Two days.
One day.
Ten hours.
One week.
14)

What does the narrator begin to believe right after he leaves the ruined house? (from Book 2: Chapter 6, The Work of Fifteen Days)

He is the only living person in the area.
He should try to bargain with the Martians.
The military will find him soon.
He will find his wife somewhere.
15)

A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by: (from Book 1: Chapter 9, The Fighting Begins)

Attacking him.
Shooting at him.
Pulling him into the pit.
Ignoring him.
16)

What do the Martians eat? (from Book 2: Chapter 2, What We Saw from the Ruined House)

Blood.
Rocks and other minerals.
Insects.
Small animals.
17)

What color is the weed that seems to be everywhere around the ruined house? (from Book 2: Chapter 6, The Work of Fifteen Days)

Red.
Brown.
Yellow.
Green.
18)

Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London? (from Book 1: Chapter 17, The Thunder Child)

Lancaster.
Gloucester.
Birmingham.
Nottingham.
19)

Where does the narrator find food after he meets with the soldier for the second time? (from Book 2: Chapter 8, Dead London)

A cart.
A pub.
A house.
The soldier has it.
20)

How did the heat ray operate? (from Book 2: Chapter 10, Epilogue)

It had a flint inside.
No one knows.
The Martians blew into it.
A strange chemical was inside.
21)

What happens to the narrator when he reaches the other bank in the small boat? (from Book 1: Chapter 13, How I Fell in with the Curate)

He loses something valuable.
He is forced to run from Martians.
He is knocked unconscious.
He falls asleep.
22)

What happens to the house near Kew when the narrator and curate take refuge there? (from Book 2: Chapter 1, Under Food)

A cylinder falls next to it and destroys part of it.
The curate knocks out some of the windows.
It is so old that boards start to fall off of the walls.
A Martian tripod destroys part of it.
23)

How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced? (from Book 1: Chapter 15, What Had Happened in Surrey)

Two.
Five.
Three.
Four.
24)

What do the Martians bring with them in the cylinders? (from Book 2: Chapter 2, What We Saw from the Ruined House)

Books.
Plants.
Small animals.
Materials to build dwellings.
25)

What is a "sapper?" (from Book 1: Chapter 9, The Fighting Begins)

A skilled front-line soldier.
A man who makes syrup.
A member of the Navy.
A bar owner.
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