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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1, Under Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?
(a) Leatherhead.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Westminster.
(d) London.

2. What does the narrator's brother here about London as he travels with the two women?
(a) The Martians have taken it over.
(b) The Martians have burned it to the ground.
(c) The military is on the way there.
(d) The military has killed the Martians there.

3. Who is Ogilvy?
(a) A reporter.
(b) An astronomer.
(c) A philosopher.
(d) A laborer.

4. About how many people does the heat ray kill?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Twelve.

5. How is the soldier separated from his unit?
(a) He ran away.
(b) His horse fell.
(c) He was discharged.
(d) They abadoned him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Marshall?

2. What happens to the house near Kew when the narrator and curate take refuge there?

3. What saves some people from the first heat ray?

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

5. What is Mars the god of in Roman mythology?

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