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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 5, The Stillness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?
(a) He thinks that the narrator must be hiding.
(b) He thinks that the narrator is dead.
(c) He thinks that the narrator escaped.
(d) He thinks that the narrator is coming for him.

2. What happens to the narrator's horse when he goes back to Woking?
(a) It throws him off.
(b) Someone steals it.
(c) It runs away.
(d) It falls and breaks its neck.

3. What animal does the narrator hear on his fifteenth day in the ruined house?
(a) A cat.
(b) A bird.
(c) A dog.
(d) A mouse.

4. About what time does the Martian attack of Surrey start?
(a) 8:00 PM.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 11:00 AM.
(d) 3:00 PM.

5. In what area of knowledge does the narrator say the Martians are clearly superior?
(a) Language.
(b) Biology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?

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

3. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?

4. What does the narrator plan to do with the animal he hears outside of the house?

5. What does the Martian tentacle reach into the ruined house and take?

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