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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. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?
(a) Daring each other to touch it.
(b) Yelling at it.
(c) Throwing rocks at it.
(d) Trying to open it.

2. How much does the curate eat when he and the narrator are trapped in the ruined house?
(a) Only a little food.
(b) More than his share.
(c) Nothing.
(d) About half of the food.

3. Henderson sends news of the cylinder to his colleagues in what city?
(a) Bristol.
(b) Oxford.
(c) London.
(d) Lincoln.

4. How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey?
(a) The other Martians protect him.
(b) He does not.
(c) He can repair it from inside.
(d) He kills everyone nearby and then repairs it.

5. How do most people react to the invasion on the first Friday after the cylinder lands?
(a) They have not taken much notice of it.
(b) They are very curious about what is happening.
(c) They are demanding action from the military.
(d) They are keeping a close eye on the pit in shifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?

2. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?

3. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?

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

5. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?

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