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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Bill when he hears Coker quote poetry?
(a) Coker is well spoken.
(b) Coker is uneducated.
(c) Coker has a photographic memory.
(d) Coker has a Northern accent.

2. What happened to Bill as a child that caused curiosity about triffids?
(a) He was stung by one.
(b) He grew one for a science project.
(c) He killed one.
(d) He ate one accidentally.

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

4. Who is Elspeth Cary?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A lawyer.
(d) A reporter.

5. What was considered the main problem in the world prior to the triffids?
(a) Lack of food.
(b) Lack of water.
(c) Lack of sunlight.
(d) Lack of oxygen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill notice about his hands?

2. Where does Bill take the young woman?

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

4. What does Bill fear has happened to Josella?

5. What happened in Indo-China that related the strangeness of the triffid?

(see the answer key)

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