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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. Who does the narrator say he finds reassuring the morning before he is forced to flee?
(a) His wife.
(b) A policeman.
(c) A reporter.
(d) The milkman.

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

3. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:
(a) Attacking him.
(b) Shooting at him.
(c) Ignoring him.
(d) Pulling him into the pit.

4. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?
(a) Frantically evacuating.
(b) Boarding up their houses.
(c) Standing in line for food.
(d) Calmly packing their things.

5. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) Astronomers United.
(b) The League of Astronomers.
(c) The National Association of Astronomers.
(d) The Astronomical Exchange.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the new weapon do that the Martians reveal at Surrey?

3. What do the soldier and the narrator bring with them when they decide to leave Woking?

4. Who is Marshall?

5. How does the narrator escape when the army first fights the Martians?

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