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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. Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?
(a) Nottingham.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Lancaster.
(d) Birmingham.

2. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?
(a) A construction worker.
(b) Ogilvy.
(c) Henderson.
(d) The narrator.

3. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?
(a) The direct road has been blocked.
(b) The direct road is crowded with people.
(c) The long route will be safer.
(d) There may be food on the long route.

4. What does the narrator start calling the tripods when he travels with the curate?
(a) Octopi.
(b) Martian fighting machines.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Death machines.

5. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?
(a) Ten hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) One week.
(d) One day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Committee of Public Safety do when they meet the narrator's brother?

2. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?

3. What disability does Henderson have?

4. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?

5. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?

(see the answer key)

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