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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. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?
(a) Leatherhead.
(b) London.
(c) Woking.
(d) Wincester.

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

3. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?
(a) Two days.
(b) One week.
(c) One day.
(d) Ten hours.

4. What does the narrator's brother here about London as he travels with the two women?
(a) The Martians have burned it to the ground.
(b) The military has killed the Martians there.
(c) The military is on the way there.
(d) The Martians have taken it over.

5. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) Leatherhead.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the curate's body before the Martians take it?

2. Who is in front of the narrator's house when he returns to it?

3. How many Martians initially attack nearby the night after the narrator's brother is introduced?

4. What does the narrator's brother decide to do when he hears that food may be available if he waits?

5. What is the London newspaper's headline the day after the first cylinder crashes?

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