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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of Bill's attempts with the sighted leader of the drunks?
(a) He is hit.
(b) He is taken captive.
(c) He is laughed at.
(d) He is killed.

2. Where did Bill first see a triffid?
(a) In his garden as a child.
(b) In a botanical garden.
(c) In a factory.
(d) In a zoo.

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

4. Why is the narrator particularly anxious on the first day of the novel?
(a) Doctors will remove stitches from his face.
(b) Doctors will remove bandages from his knee.
(c) Doctors will remove staples from his legs.
(d) Doctors will remove bandages from his eyes.

5. What alerted Josella to the crisis?
(a) Her mother was blind.
(b) Her father was blind.
(c) Her child was blind.
(d) Her husband was blind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Josella and Bill stay on the first evening?

2. What is the function of the Colonel?

3. How does Bill make the solution to his hunger even more acceptable?

4. What does Beadley think of Bill in relation to triffids?

5. What does the narrator note occurred on May 7th?

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