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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?
(a) Made him happy.
(b) Saved his life.
(c) Made him popular.
(d) Made him wealthy.

2. Who finds Bill in Russell Square?
(a) Josella.
(b) Alf.
(c) Evan.
(d) Coker.

3. What does Bill reveal about radio broadcasts?
(a) They are jumbled.
(b) There are none.
(c) They are normal.
(d) Those in other countries are still functioning.

4. What is the young woman's name?
(a) Josella Smith.
(b) Josella Playton.
(c) Josella Russell.
(d) Josella Jones.

5. What does the Colonel suggest the colony does immediately?
(a) Destroy the triffids.
(b) Leave London.
(c) Set fire to London.
(d) Begin to procreate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bill make the solution to his hunger even more acceptable?

2. Why does Josella wear such extravagant clothing the first evening Bill and she are together?

3. Where does Bill go in the beginning of Chapter Three?

4. What is his response to what he hears in the garden?

5. What is the name of the hospital in which the narrator is residing?

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