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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 narrator's local newspaper?
(a) The Daily Chronicle.
(b) News of the Day.
(c) The Post-Dispatch.
(d) The Woking Journal.

2. Why does the narrator hit the curate over the head?
(a) The curate is yelling at the Martians.
(b) The curate threatens him.
(c) The curate drinks the last of their supply.
(d) The curate is annoying.

3. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?
(a) They become angry at the visitors.
(b) They become very alarmed.
(c) They think that the visitors must be crazy.
(d) They insist on calling the military for help.

4. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?
(a) Ogilvy.
(b) Henderson.
(c) The narrator.
(d) A construction worker.

5. Where does the narrator find food in the ruined house after the curate dies?
(a) The basement.
(b) The backyard.
(c) He doesn't.
(d) The scullery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?

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

4. What does the Martian tentacle reach into the ruined house and take?

5. What comes out of the pit after the Deputation signals the Martians?

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