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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 happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?
(a) He passes out.
(b) He runs into his wife.
(c) He gets into a fight.
(d) He steals a horse.

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

3. Why is the narrator's brother forced to abandon his first mode of transportation?
(a) He borrowed it and has to give it back.
(b) It breaks.
(c) He loses it.
(d) Someone demands that he give it to them.

4. Where does the narrator meet the man who owns the land where the cylinder crashes?
(a) On the common.
(b) The train station.
(c) His house.
(d) In a restaurant.

5. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?
(a) Tell the narrator to leave.
(b) Argue.
(c) Shoot into the pit.
(d) Scream.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?

2. Who is Henderson?

3. What does the narrator refer to as The Thing when he comes back to town after taking his wife away?

4. What can survive the heat ray?

5. How far does the narrator have to drive his wife in the cart?

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