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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. 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 staples from his legs.
(c) Doctors will remove stitches from his face.
(d) Doctors will remove bandages from his knee.

2. What did Bill's father want him to do for a living?
(a) He wanted him to become a doctor.
(b) He wanted him to become an accountant.
(c) He wanted him to become a lawyer.
(d) He wanted him to become a banker.

3. What does the narrator note occurred on May 7th?
(a) There was a solar eclipse.
(b) The Earth passed through comet debris.
(c) There was a lunar eclipse.
(d) A comet fell to Earth.

4. Where did the main character, William Masen, grow up?
(a) A southern suburb of London.
(b) A southern suburb of Dublin.
(c) A northern suburb of Venice.
(d) A northern suburb of Chicago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was considered the main problem in the world prior to the triffids?

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

3. What is the man at the end of Chapter 1 going to do?

4. How does the narrator follow the event?

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

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