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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. How do most people react to the invasion on the first Friday after the cylinder lands?
(a) They are demanding action from the military.
(b) They have not taken much notice of it.
(c) They are very curious about what is happening.
(d) They are keeping a close eye on the pit in shifts.

2. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
(a) Three.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

3. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?
(a) Five.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twenty.

4. What do the soldier and the narrator bring with them when they decide to leave Woking?
(a) Food and water.
(b) Food and whiskey.
(c) Food and the narrator's dog.
(d) Weapons and food.

5. What are the four tripods carrying when they join the initial Martian attack on Surrey?
(a) Large black tubes.
(b) Rockets.
(c) Cages.
(d) Sharp blades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a curate?

2. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?

3. How many gas jets are spotted within the first twenty-four hours of the story?

4. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?

5. Why does the narrator's brother fail to travel to the narrator's home?

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