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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. What does the word "canard" mean?
(a) A card game.
(b) A worthless object.
(c) A distraction.
(d) A false story.

2. What do people hear coming from the pit a few nights after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Hammering.
(b) Beeping.
(c) Drilling.
(d) Crying.

3. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Woking Journal.
(b) The Daily Chronicle.
(c) News of the Day.
(d) The Post-Dispatch.

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

5. How far does the narrator have to drive his wife in the cart?
(a) Seven miles.
(b) Twelve miles.
(c) Ten miles.
(d) Twelve blocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

2. What must first be present in order for life to begin according to the narrator?

3. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

4. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?

5. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?

(see the answer key)

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