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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. Where do the government officials go when the Martians attack London?
(a) Lancaster.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) Nottingham.
(d) Birmingham.

2. What are the men trying to do when they attack the two women in the cart?
(a) Take the cart.
(b) Kidnap the women.
(c) Kill the women.
(d) Take their valuables.

3. How does the narrator react when the first Martian falls out of the cylinder?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He stays where he is.
(c) He tries to fight it.
(d) He yells for help.

4. How does the narrator say he feels on his way home from the heat ray incident?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Angry.
(d) Scared.

5. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Lord William.
(b) Lord Hilton.
(c) Lord Vasser.
(d) Lord Harrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much does the curate sleep when he and the narrator are hiding in the ruined house?

2. What does the Committee of Public Safety do when they meet the narrator's brother?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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