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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 1, Under Food.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Martian repair his tripod during the Martian attack of Surrey?
(a) He kills everyone nearby and then repairs it.
(b) He can repair it from inside.
(c) He does not.
(d) The other Martians protect him.

2. What happens to the narrator's horse when he goes back to Woking?
(a) It falls and breaks its neck.
(b) It throws him off.
(c) It runs away.
(d) Someone steals it.

3. How does the narrator react when he reads an article about the cylinder at the end of Chapter 2?
(a) He heads back to the crash site.
(b) He decides to hide.
(c) He makes plans to leave town.
(d) He panics.

4. On what kind of transportation does the narrator's brother begin his escape?
(a) A cart.
(b) A train.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A boat.

5. Who owns the property on which the first cylinder crashes?
(a) Lord William.
(b) Lord Vasser.
(c) Lord Hilton.
(d) Lord Harrington.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator drink when he gets back to his house for the first time?

2. What are the little boys doing to the cylinder the morning after it crashes?

3. How many houses around the pit catch fire on Friday night?

4. What does the narrator first call the cylinder?

5. What is the name of the narrator's local newspaper?

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