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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 is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) The Astronomical Exchange.
(b) Astronomers United.
(c) The National Association of Astronomers.
(d) The League of Astronomers.

2. What are the men trying to do to the cylinder the day after it crashes?
(a) Open it.
(b) Destroy it.
(c) Dig it out.
(d) Study it.

3. What does the curate spend most days doing just after the house is ruined?
(a) Crying.
(b) Praying.
(c) Looking for food.
(d) Planning his escape.

4. How does the narrator see outside on the first morning in the ruined house?
(a) He opens the door.
(b) He can't.
(c) There is a small window.
(d) There is an opening in the wall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the first house in which the curate and narrator take refuge?

2. Where does the narrator's brother live?

3. What happens to the narrator when he reaches the other bank in the small boat?

4. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?

5. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?

(see the answer key)

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