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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. The crowd that gathers around the pit the morning after the cylinder crashes are from Woking and what other town?
(a) Clovelly.
(b) Bibury.
(c) Chertsey.
(d) Farnham.

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

3. Where does the Lieutenant tell the narrator and the soldier to go?
(a) Shepperton.
(b) London.
(c) Weybridge.
(d) Surrey.

4. Where does the narrator hide after he hits the curate?
(a) In the attic.
(b) In the basement.
(c) Behind some shelves.
(d) In a closet.

5. How do the villagers react when the first visitors to the cylinder spread the news?
(a) They insist on calling the military for help.
(b) They become angry at the visitors.
(c) They think that the visitors must be crazy.
(d) They become very alarmed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?

2. Over what town is the gas jet first spotted?

3. What is a Deputation?

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

5. Who is the first person to see the cylinder when it crashes?

(see the answer key)

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