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The Day of the Triffids Quiz

John Wyndham
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The Day of the Triffids Quiz

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1)

What does Bill reveal about radio broadcasts? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

They are normal.
Those in other countries are still functioning.
They are jumbled.
There are none.
2)

What do Josella and Bill see on their way home from the beach? (from Chapters 15, 16 and 17)

Fire.
Smoke.
Rain.
Armies.
3)

What jobs are given to Bill and Josella by Michael Beadley? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

To collect food and supplies.
To collect medical supplies.
To collect money.
To collect transportation.
4)

What do Bill and Josella see at the gates of the University Tower? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

An argument between a sighted man and a woman.
An argument between two blind men.
An argument between two women.
An argument between the sighted and the blind.
5)

Why does Vorless proclaim the community can support blind women? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

Because they still work for the community.
Because they can be used as work slaves.
Because they can be impregnated to bear sighted children.
Because they can be used as sex slaves.
6)

What does Bill help the young woman do at the end of Chapter Eight? (from Chapters 8 and 9)

Kill her keeper.
Commit suicide.
Escape.
Find food.
7)

What do Bill and Josella see at the beach? (from Chapters 15, 16 and 17)

A car.
A raft.
A boat.
A plane.
8)

Who does Ivan note has joined the colony? (from Chapters 15, 16 and 17)

Miss Durrant.
Jack.
Coker.
Amber.
9)

What attacks the group in the provision store? (from Chapters 8 and 9)

Sighted persons.
Blind persons.
Dogs.
Triffids.
10)

What does Beadley think of Bill in relation to triffids? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

He thinks he is afraid.
He thinks he is uneducated.
He thinks he is unsound.
He thinks he is an expert.
11)

Where are Susan's parents? (from Chapters 13 and 14)

They are inside the house.
They are in the hospital.
They are dead.
They have disappeared.
12)

Who finds Bill in Russell Square? (from Chapters 8 and 9)

Coker.
Evan.
Josella.
Alf.
13)

What does Vorless, the sociologist, say about belief? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

Belief is either right, or wrong.
Belief can not be right or wrong, but only right for a specific population.
Belief is always right.
Belief can be both right and wrong.
14)

What does Bill discover has happened at Tynsham? (from Chapters 13 and 14)

The plague has hit.
The people have been killed by triffids.
The people have rioted.
The people have fled.
15)

What does Bill point out to Josella after the argument? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

That they cannot hope to save the sighted.
That they cannot hope to save the blind.
That the sighted are wrong to ignore the blind.
That they must choose between saving the sighted, and saving the blind.
16)

What method does the group use next to search for Beadley's party? (from Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

A helicopter.
A fighter jet.
A boat.
A tank.
17)

What does Dennis learn to help him in the future? (from Chapters 13 and 14)

Braille.
Reading.
Farming.
Hunting.
18)

What does Coker believe Miss Durrant will do? (from Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

Find a lover.
Seduce the priest.
Run Tynsham into the ground.
Leave Tynsham.
19)

How do the triffids respond to the attack? (from Chapters 15, 16 and 17)

They begin to increase.
They begin to break through the fence.
They begin to leave.
They die.
20)

What does Ivan note about other colonies in the area? (from Chapters 15, 16 and 17)

They avoid work.
They avoid organization.
They avoid confrontation.
They avoid other people.
21)

What does the redheaded leader of the other group do when he sights Bill? (from Chapters 8 and 9)

He swears at them.
He follows them to their hotel.
He says hello.
He shoots at them.
22)

Who does the young woman in Beaminster believe is coming to save them? (from Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

The Americans.
The Irish.
No one.
The Russians.
23)

Where does Bill search second for Josella? (from Chapters 8 and 9)

Tynsham.
Exmoor.
University Tower.
Westminster.
24)

Where does Bill go at the end of Chapter Twelve? (from Chapters 10, 11 and 12)

Exmoor.
London.
Sussex Downs.
Tynsham.
25)

What do Bill and Josella see in the night that chooses for them where to go in the morning? (from Chapters 5, 6 and 7)

A bright searchlight in the distance.
A light from a fire in the distance.
Car lights in the distance.
The light of a plane in the distance.
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