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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Bill decided by the end of Chapter Two?
(a) That he doesn't want to work with triffids anymore.
(b) That he doesn't want to live in London anymore.
(c) That he wants to own a triffid.
(d) That he wants to marry and have children.

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

3. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?
(a) Made him popular.
(b) Made him wealthy.
(c) Saved his life.
(d) Made him happy.

4. Why is the narrator particularly anxious on the first day of the novel?
(a) Doctors will remove bandages from his eyes.
(b) Doctors will remove stitches from his face.
(c) Doctors will remove bandages from his knee.
(d) Doctors will remove staples from his legs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happened to Bill as a child that caused curiosity about triffids?

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

4. What is one theory of how the triffids appeared?

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

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