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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 is the name of the hospital in which the narrator is residing?
(a) St. Merryn's.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) St. Julian's.
(d) St. Mary's.

2. What is one theory of how the triffids appeared?
(a) They were planted by gardeners.
(b) They were spontaneously generated.
(c) They were magical.
(d) They were planted by a radical group.

3. 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 a lawyer.
(c) He wanted him to become an accountant.
(d) He wanted him to become a banker.

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

5. Who does the narrator meet at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Walter.
(b) A doctor.
(c) The landlord of the pub.
(d) Joelle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?

2. What was the result of this event?

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

4. What time does the clock chime, which indicates a problem to the narrator?

5. How does the narrator follow the event?

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