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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 6, The Work of Fifteen Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) Four hundred.
(b) One hundred
(c) One thousand.
(d) Fifty.

2. What color is the weed that seems to be everywhere around the ruined house?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

3. How does the narrator attempt to keep the curate from using up their resources?
(a) He hides most things from the curate.
(b) He promises to get more soon.
(c) He pleads with him.
(d) He fights him.

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

5. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He decides to hide.
(b) He panics.
(c) He heads back to the crash site.
(d) He makes plans to leave town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator find to eat after he decides to leave the ruined house?

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

3. What is the Thunder Child?

4. How long do the curate and the narrator hide in the house before the narrator hits the curate?

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

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