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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. Where do the narrator and curate sleep in the ruined house?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the kitchen.
(c) In the basement.
(d) In a scullery.

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

3. What are the locals doing when the soldier and the narrator go to check in with the soldiers?
(a) Boarding up their houses.
(b) Frantically evacuating.
(c) Calmly packing their things.
(d) Standing in line for food.

4. Why is the narrator eager to get back to Woking after taking his wife to the inn?
(a) He wants to see the Martians die.
(b) He wants to gather his possessions.
(c) He wants to try to signal the Martians.
(d) He is afraid something will happen to his house.

5. How much time does the narrator spend in the ruined house in total?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) Four days.
(d) Fifteen days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disability does Henderson have?

2. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?

3. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?

4. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?

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

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