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

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

3. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?
(a) Made him happy.
(b) Made him popular.
(c) Saved his life.
(d) Made him wealthy.

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

5. What is the man at the end of Chapter 1 going to do?
(a) Murder his children.
(b) Murder his wife.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Leave town.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Bill have at the end of Chapter Three?

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

3. What is the result of Bill's attempts with the sighted leader of the drunks?

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

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

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