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

2. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Clovelly.
(b) Farnham.
(c) Bibury.
(d) Chertsey.

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

4. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?
(a) He says that he will protect them.
(b) He accuses them of being insane.
(c) He does not believe them.
(d) He says that he saw the same things they did.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?

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

3. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?

4. About how many people does the heat ray kill?

5. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?

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