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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. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?
(a) They laugh at him.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They push him.
(d) They pry him for details.

2. Where does the narrator's brother live?
(a) Surrey.
(b) Weybridge.
(c) Woking.
(d) London.

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

4. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?
(a) He thinks that the narrator is coming for him.
(b) He thinks that the narrator escaped.
(c) He thinks that the narrator must be hiding.
(d) He thinks that the narrator is dead.

5. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?
(a) A firing squad.
(b) A tank.
(c) A bomb.
(d) A shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator use to hit the curate in the head?

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

3. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?

4. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?

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

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