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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 is the man selling near the pit shortly after the cylinder crashes?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Drawings.
(c) Sweets.
(d) Souvenirs.

2. Why is the young boy yelling in the middle of town on the Friday evening after the cylinder crashes?
(a) He is selling newspapers.
(b) He is just trying to get attention.
(c) He is alarmed about the Martians.
(d) He is trying to cause trouble.

3. About how many people does the heat ray kill?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Fifty.

4. How long do the curate and the narrator stay in the first house?
(a) Seven hours.
(b) One week.
(c) Two days.
(d) One day.

5. How does the narrator attempt to keep the curate from using up their resources?
(a) He hides most things from the curate.
(b) He promises to get more soon.
(c) He pleads with him.
(d) He fights him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator decide to take his wife when his chimney is cracked?

2. How long has it been since the soldier has eaten when he first teams up with the narrator?

3. How do the people gathering around the cylinder initially react to it?

4. What does the narrator start calling the tripods when he travels with the curate?

5. Where do the Martian disks first emerge according to the soldier?

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