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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feeling does Bill have at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) He is depressed.
(b) He is lonely.
(c) He is relieved.
(d) He is elated.

2. What does Bill hear as he eats in the garden?
(a) The sounds of traffic.
(b) A woman playing piano and singing.
(c) A man playing piano and singing.
(d) The sounds of children playing.

3. Why does Bill not help people in the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) He sees they do not need assistance.
(b) He is cruel.
(c) He sees they are slowly losing control.
(d) He is unable to see.

4. Where does the narrator go first when he leaves the hospital?
(a) A pub.
(b) A police station.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A Laundromat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bill as he tries to help Pearson?

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

3. What do people learn about triffids that surprises and disgusts them slightly?

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

5. What day does the narrator compare Wednesday to, based on sound?

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