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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 4, The Death of the Curate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator tell his wife about the Martians in order to reassure her?
(a) The Martians are very small.
(b) The Martians are very weak.
(c) The Martians do not seem very dangerous.
(d) The Martians move very slowly.

2. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?
(a) He steals a horse.
(b) He runs into his wife.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He gets into a fight.

3. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Angry.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Scared.

4. The curate drinks the last bottle of what beverage?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Soda.
(d) Beer.

5. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?
(a) They are trapped.
(b) People are evacuating.
(c) The Martians are coming.
(d) There is nothing to worry about.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?

2. Where does the narrator's brother live?

3. Why does the narrator's brother fail to travel to the narrator's home?

4. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?

5. Why is the narrator's brother not very concerned about the narrator at first?

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