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

2. How do the villagers react to the narrator's story when he runs into the village after the heat ray?
(a) They pry him for details.
(b) They laugh at him.
(c) They push him.
(d) They ignore him.

3. What does the narrator use to hit the curate in the head?
(a) A chair.
(b) An axe.
(c) A meat chopper.
(d) A cart wheel.

4. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He panics.
(b) He makes plans to leave town.
(c) He heads back to the crash site.
(d) He decides to hide.

5. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?
(a) Fire.
(b) A Martian.
(c) A missle.
(d) Green smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what kind of transportation does the narrator's brother begin his escape?

2. What is the Thunder Child?

3. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

4. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?

5. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?

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