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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. Why does the curate go with the narrator after they leave the first house?
(a) He thinks that the narrator is a good leader.
(b) He does not want the narrator to be left alone.
(c) He does not want to be alone.
(d) The narrator may be able to help him get home.

2. What does the curate spend most days doing just after the house is ruined?
(a) Praying.
(b) Crying.
(c) Looking for food.
(d) Planning his escape.

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

4. How does the narrator feel when he first leaves the ruined house?
(a) Upset about what happened with the curate.
(b) Like he is under Martian control.
(c) Hopeful that he will find his wife.
(d) Lonely and hopeless.

5. As he watches from the ruined house, the narrator sees a Martian pick up a person from where?
(a) A bush.
(b) A cart.
(c) A house.
(d) A cage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator use to hit the curate in the head?

2. Where is the first house in which the curate and narrator take refuge?

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

4. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?

5. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?

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