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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. Where did the main character, William Masen, grow up?
(a) A northern suburb of Chicago.
(b) A southern suburb of Dublin.
(c) A southern suburb of London.
(d) A northern suburb of Venice.

2. What brings Bill into the alley where he finds a blind man and his captive?
(a) A woman's scream.
(b) A man's voice.
(c) A child's laugh.
(d) A dog's bark.

3. Who does Bill meet first in Chapter Three?
(a) A man who was blind before the comet.
(b) Josella.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Coker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator meet at the end of Chapter 1?

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

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

4. How did Josella avoid being blinded?

5. What is Josella's opinion of the future?

(see the answer key)

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