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

2. Why does Ogilvy think it is impossible for the Martians to become established on Earth?
(a) The gravity is too strong.
(b) The Martians cannot see very well.
(c) There is no food for them on Earth.
(d) There is not enough nitrogen in the air.

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

4. 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 gets into a fight.
(d) He passes out.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the narrator's brother live?

3. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?

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

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

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