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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 caused Josella to have to leave her vehicle as she went to find the doctor?
(a) She ran out of gas.
(b) Her tire was flat.
(c) The roads were impassable.
(d) Her brakes failed.

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

3. Where does Bill take the young woman?
(a) To a pub.
(b) To her car.
(c) To his apartment.
(d) To the hospital.

4. Why does Bill seem to be looking forward to the future?
(a) He can find a new wife.
(b) He can find a new profession.
(c) He is no longer a cog, but his own master.
(d) He is no longer employed.

5. How does Bill know so much of the triffids?
(a) We works with them.
(b) He has one in his home.
(c) He developed them.
(d) He grows them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill recall Walter saying about the triffids and blind men?

2. What falls from Umberto's plane?

3. What does Josella admit she fears most in being alone?

4. How does the blind man have the woman held captive?

5. Why does Bill not help people in the beginning of Chapter Four?

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