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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 happens to the narrator when he reaches the other bank in the small boat?
(a) He is forced to run from Martians.
(b) He is knocked unconscious.
(c) He loses something valuable.
(d) He falls asleep.

2. Why does the curate go with the narrator after they leave the first house?
(a) He does not want the narrator to be left alone.
(b) He thinks that the narrator is a good leader.
(c) He does not want to be alone.
(d) The narrator may be able to help him get home.

3. What do the soldiers do when the narrator tells them about the heat ray?
(a) Scream.
(b) Argue.
(c) Shoot into the pit.
(d) Tell the narrator to leave.

4. How long do the curate and the narrator hide in the house before the narrator hits the curate?
(a) Three weeks.
(b) Five weeks.
(c) Seven days.
(d) Six days.

5. How does the narrator say many people were acting towards each other during the Martian invasion?
(a) Generously.
(b) Unkindly.
(c) Violently.
(d) Indifferently.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What direction do the Martians head after they attack Surrey?

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

5. From the ruined house, the narrator sees that the Martian "tripods" actually have how many legs?

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