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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. How does the narrator escape when the army first fights the Martians?
(a) He fights with them.
(b) He hides in the water.
(c) The Martians do not see him.
(d) A soldier helps him get away.

2. Who is Marshall?
(a) A tobacconist.
(b) A soldier.
(c) A fisherman.
(d) A farmer.

3. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Five.

4. What is a "sapper?"
(a) A bar owner.
(b) A man who makes syrup.
(c) A member of the Navy.
(d) A skilled front-line soldier.

5. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Drawings.
(b) Sweets.
(c) Souvenirs.
(d) Lemonade.

Short Answer Questions

1. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:

2. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?

3. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?

4. In the days immediately following the first heat ray, the only people that know about it live in what town?

5. How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced?

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