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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 falls from Umberto's plane?
(a) Triffid seeds.
(b) Triffid plants.
(c) Pink triffid oil.
(d) Triffid instructions.

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

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

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

5. Where did Bill first see a triffid?
(a) In a botanical garden.
(b) In a zoo.
(c) In his garden as a child.
(d) In a factory.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Bill know so much of the triffids?

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

3. What is the name of the hospital in which the narrator is residing?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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