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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Chapter 15, What Had Happened in Surrey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?
(a) London.
(b) Westminster.
(c) Leatherhead.
(d) Cambridge.

2. About what time does the Martian attack of Surrey start?
(a) 3:00 PM.
(b) 8:00 PM.
(c) 11:00 AM.
(d) Midnight.

3. What do the people near the cylinder hear coming from inside of it at the end of the first day after the cylinder crashes?
(a) A faint stirring.
(b) Someone banging on the walls.
(c) Singing.
(d) Screaming.

4. What saves some people from the first heat ray?
(a) A mound of sand.
(b) A tree trunk.
(c) A group of soldiers.
(d) A metal shield.

5. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?
(a) It is invisible.
(b) It is hidden.
(c) It does not exist.
(d) It is made of unknown materials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the four tripods carrying when they join the initial Martian attack on Surrey?

2. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?

3. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?

4. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?

5. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?

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