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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time does the clock chime, which indicates a problem to the narrator?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Three.
(d) Eight.

3. What alerted Josella to the crisis?
(a) Her child was blind.
(b) Her mother was blind.
(c) Her father was blind.
(d) Her husband was blind.

4. What happened in Indo-China that related the strangeness of the triffid?
(a) The plant talked.
(b) The plant died.
(c) The plant grew to 18 feet.
(d) The plant walked.

5. Why does Bill not help people in the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) He sees they do not need assistance.
(b) He sees they are slowly losing control.
(c) He is cruel.
(d) He is unable to see.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bill take the young woman?

2. Where do Bill and Josella go at the end of Chapter Four?

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

4. Why does Walter believe triffids strike the head?

5. Where does the narrator go first when he leaves the hospital?

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