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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Chapter 9, Wreckage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Lieutenant respond to the soldier and narrator's story when meeting them?
(a) He does not believe them.
(b) He accuses them of being insane.
(c) He says that he saw the same things they did.
(d) He says that he will protect them.

2. How far is Mars from the sun according to the narrator?
(a) 160,000 miles.
(b) 160 million miles.
(c) 140 million miles.
(d) 140,000 miles.

3. What kills the Martians?
(a) Water.
(b) Bacteria.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Birds.

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

5. What does the narrator hear after the shopman goes into the pit?
(a) A confused noise.
(b) A scream.
(c) A cry for help.
(d) Laughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "sapper?"

2. The soldier believes that the Martians have built a machine that can do what?

3. What does the soldier do who pairs up with the narrator?

4. The narrator describes the Martians as being about the size of what animal?

5. What does the narrator begin to believe right after he leaves the ruined house?

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