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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. Where does Bill go in the beginning of Chapter Three?
(a) He goes to Ireland.
(b) He goes to the country.
(c) He goes to the United States.
(d) He goes to London.

2. What was considered the main problem in the world prior to the triffids?
(a) Lack of water.
(b) Lack of food.
(c) Lack of oxygen.
(d) Lack of sunlight.

3. What does the elderly man Bill sees in the beginning of Chapter Four carry?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Red paint.
(c) A dog.
(d) Meat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator learn that blindness has afflicted people?

2. What does Bill hear as he eats in the garden?

3. What did Bill's father do for a living?

4. What do some nations eject into space?

5. What does Bill try to do to the sighted leader of the drunks?

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