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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 4, The Death of the Curate.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator's brother think happens to the narrator after news reports of the Martians reach town?
(a) He thinks that the narrator is coming for him.
(b) He thinks that the narrator must be hiding.
(c) He thinks that the narrator is dead.
(d) He thinks that the narrator escaped.

2. Where does the narrator's brother live?
(a) Weybridge.
(b) Surrey.
(c) London.
(d) Woking.

3. What does the narrator say could kill all of the Martians, as he tries to reassure his wife?
(a) A firing squad.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A tank.
(d) A shell.

4. What does the narrator's brother study in college?
(a) Literature.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Education.
(d) Law.

5. Why does the narrator's brother fail to travel to the narrator's home?
(a) The trains are not running.
(b) He does not have a horse.
(c) He has to go to work.
(d) He does not want to go.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the curate and the narrator hide in the house before the narrator hits the curate?

2. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?

3. What are the people coming back from the south of London saying?

4. What happens to the narrator as he runs home after the heat ray?

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

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