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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 brings Bill into the alley where he finds a blind man and his captive?
(a) A man's voice.
(b) A dog's bark.
(c) A child's laugh.
(d) A woman's scream.

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 does Beadley encourage the group they can do?
(a) Take over the triffids.
(b) Take care of the blind.
(c) Capture the blind.
(d) Rebuild the world.

4. What is the man at the end of Chapter 1 going to do?
(a) Leave town.
(b) Murder his children.
(c) Murder his wife.
(d) Commit suicide.

5. How does Dennis keep from becoming lost?
(a) He marks his way with chalk so others can find him.
(b) He uses a radio to communicate with the sighted.
(c) He strings twine behind him as he walks.
(d) He uses a compass as he walks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Bill claim is the reason there were few wars in the time immediately prior to the triffids?

3. What does Susan say about her previous meals of junk food?

4. What does the sighted leader of blind drunks take from the streets and give to one of the men?

5. What does Dennis build to help him make it into town?

(see the answer key)

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