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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 9, Wreckage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "sapper?"
(a) A skilled front-line soldier.
(b) A bar owner.
(c) A man who makes syrup.
(d) A member of the Navy.

2. How does the narrator get into a yard near the ruined house?
(a) He climbs the fence.
(b) He goes around a wall.
(c) He breaks into the house in front of it.
(d) He knocks down a wall.

3. How does the author risk his safety on his tenth day in the ruined house?
(a) He trys to signal for help.
(b) He pumps water.
(c) He tries to find the curate's body.
(d) He ventures outside to investigate the Martians.

4. Where do the curate and narrator first see other people?
(a) Halliford.
(b) Leatherhead.
(c) Twickenham.
(d) Kew.

5. Why do the narrator and the curate decide to leave the riverbank?
(a) Soldiers tell them to leave.
(b) They want to find other people.
(c) The Martians are getting closer.
(d) They hear gunfire.

Short Answer Questions

1. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:

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

3. What is a curate?

4. What does the narrator find to eat after he decides to leave the ruined house?

5. How does the narrator attempt to keep the curate from using up their resources?

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