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

2. Why is the narrator's brother not very concerned about the narrator at first?
(a) His wife tells him not to worry.
(b) He gets a letter from the narrator.
(c) He does not believe that the Martians exist.
(d) The Martians have not been reported as a threat.

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

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

5. What does the narrator's brother study in college?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Literature.
(c) Education.
(d) Law.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?

4. The curate drinks the last bottle of what beverage?

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

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