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

2. What did Bill's father do for a living?
(a) He worked for a local zoo.
(b) He worked for a company producing triffids.
(c) He worked for the Revenue Department.
(d) He worked for a law firm.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Bill as a child that caused curiosity about triffids?

2. What does Walter Lucknor claim the plants are doing when they strike their three sticks against their base?

3. What does Umberto Christofoto Palanguez bring to the Arctic & European Fish Oil Company?

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

5. What does the triffid do at the end of Chapter Four?

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