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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 do some nations eject into space?
(a) Satellites with atomic heads.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Nuclear missiles.
(d) Unwanted people.

2. What does Umberto Christofoto Palanguez bring to the Arctic & European Fish Oil Company?
(a) Triffid seeds.
(b) Pink triffid oil.
(c) Triffid plants.
(d) Triffid instructions.

3. Where does Bill go in the beginning of Chapter Three?
(a) He goes to the country.
(b) He goes to the United States.
(c) He goes to London.
(d) He goes to Ireland.

4. What was the result of this event?
(a) An explosion.
(b) Bright green lights in the sky.
(c) Darkness.
(d) A lack of moonlight.

5. Why does Bill seem to be looking forward to the future?
(a) He can find a new profession.
(b) He is no longer a cog, but his own master.
(c) He is no longer employed.
(d) He can find a new wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Bill's father do for a living?

2. What do people learn about triffids that surprises and disgusts them slightly?

3. Where did the main character, William Masen, grow up?

4. What does the narrator note occurred on May 7th?

5. How does the narrator follow the event?

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