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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 6, The Work of Fifteen Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the curate spend most days doing just after the house is ruined?
(a) Looking for food.
(b) Praying.
(c) Planning his escape.
(d) Crying.

2. What disability does Henderson have?
(a) He has a speech impediment.
(b) He cannot move one of his arms.
(c) He cannot walk.
(d) He is deaf in one ear.

3. Why does the narrator say that he recounted the story of his brother?
(a) His own story was getting boring.
(b) To show how brave his brother is.
(c) To show the evacuation of his brother's city.
(d) To show how much stronger he is than his brother.

4. What is the name of the professional organization for astronomers?
(a) The National Association of Astronomers.
(b) The League of Astronomers.
(c) The Astronomical Exchange.
(d) Astronomers United.

5. Where does the soldier hide until meeting the narrator?
(a) Under dead bodies.
(b) In a house.
(c) Under a pile of leaves.
(d) In the sewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Deputation use as a signal to the Martians?

2. What does the word "canard" mean?

3. Why do the narrator and soldier decide to take a long route when leaving Woking?

4. Why do the humans not know what the heat ray is?

5. Who is Henderson?

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