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

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

3. What time does the clock chime, which indicates a problem to the narrator?
(a) Three.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Eight.
(d) Ten.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What falls from Umberto's plane?

2. Why is the narrator particularly anxious on the first day of the novel?

3. What has Bill decided by the end of Chapter Two?

4. Who does the narrator meet at the end of Chapter 1?

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

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