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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. What saves some people from the first heat ray?
(a) A metal shield.
(b) A mound of sand.
(c) A group of soldiers.
(d) A tree trunk.

2. Who does not die in the heat ray?
(a) Stent.
(b) Henderson.
(c) A Martian.
(d) Ogilvy.

3. What direction do the Martians head after they attack Surrey?
(a) West.
(b) North.
(c) South.
(d) East.

4. How many policemen are sent to the common after the heat ray?
(a) Three.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

5. Why does the curate go with the narrator after they leave the first house?
(a) The narrator may be able to help him get home.
(b) He does not want to be alone.
(c) He does not want the narrator to be left alone.
(d) He thinks that the narrator is a good leader.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people surround the pit the morning after the cylinder lands?

2. Where does the narrator hide when he sees The Thing?

3. A soldier tells the narrator that when a man waved a flag on a long pole at the Martians, the Martians responded by:

4. What happens to the house near Kew when the narrator and curate take refuge there?

5. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?

(see the answer key)

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