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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 does Beadley note could have happened to the world?
(a) It could have been expanded.
(b) It could have exploded.
(c) It could have been saved.
(d) It could have been destroyed.

2. What does Bill point out to Josella after the argument?
(a) That they cannot hope to save the sighted.
(b) That the sighted are wrong to ignore the blind.
(c) That they cannot hope to save the blind.
(d) That they must choose between saving the sighted, and saving the blind.

3. What does Bill reveal about radio broadcasts?
(a) There are none.
(b) Those in other countries are still functioning.
(c) They are jumbled.
(d) They are normal.

4. What does the triffid do at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) It kills Josella.
(b) It begins to 'talk'.
(c) It attacks the car.
(d) It dies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Josella avoid being blinded?

2. Where do Bill and Josella agree the light in the night came from?

3. What happened in Indo-China that related the strangeness of the triffid?

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

5. What do Bill and Josella find when they reach her father's house?

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