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

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

3. What is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Souvenirs.
(b) Lemonade.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Drawings.

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

5. About how many soldiers does the military send in response to the first cylinder crash?
(a) One thousand.
(b) Four hundred.
(c) One hundred
(d) Fifty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Astronomer Royal?

2. Why is the narrator's brother forced to abandon his first mode of transportation?

3. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?

4. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?

5. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?

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