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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 do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?
(a) Nottingham.
(b) Lancaster.
(c) Birmingham.
(d) Gloucester.

2. What are the gas jets in the sky originally assumed to be?
(a) Missiles.
(b) People.
(c) Meteorites.
(d) Rockets.

3. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Bourbon.
(c) Water.
(d) Whiskey.

4. What color are the gas jets?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

5. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Eight.
(c) One.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to a few people when the crowd is escaping from the heat ray?

2. How is the narrator's brother able to help the two women subdue their attackers?

3. How does the first man get into the pit?

4. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?

5. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?

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