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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. Who does the narrator meet at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) The landlord of the pub.
(b) Joelle.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Walter.

2. Why does Josella agree to the taking on of blind women for such a purpose?
(a) She can justify it because the choice gives them babies.
(b) She can justify it because the choice gives them survival.
(c) She can justify it because the choice gives them money.
(d) She can justify it because the choice gives them purpose.

3. What is the result of Bill's attempts with the sighted leader of the drunks?
(a) He is taken captive.
(b) He is hit.
(c) He is laughed at.
(d) He is killed.

4. What happens to Bill as he tries to help Pearson?
(a) He is attacked by a blind man.
(b) He is shot.
(c) He is hit by a car.
(d) He is stung by a triffid.

5. What is Josella's opinion of the future?
(a) It is full of promise.
(b) It is uncertain.
(c) It is deadly.
(d) They will not like it much.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Josella admit she fears most in being alone?

2. What does the Colonel suggest the colony does immediately?

3. How does Bill solve the hunger issue to his standards?

4. What can the child do that others cannot?

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

(see the answer key)

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