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

2. Who is the young woman on the committee at the meeting?
(a) A scientist.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A nurse.
(d) A sociologist.

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

4. What did Bill's father do for a living?
(a) He worked for a law firm.
(b) He worked for a company producing triffids.
(c) He worked for the Revenue Department.
(d) He worked for a local zoo.

5. How does Bill believe the triffids came to be?
(a) He thinks they were a freak of nature.
(b) He thinks they were biologically developed.
(c) He thinks they are aliens.
(d) He thinks they spontaneously generated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Walter believe triffids strike the head?

2. What was the result of this event?

3. What is the young woman's name?

4. What does the elderly man Bill sees in the beginning of Chapter Four carry?

5. What jobs are given to Bill and Josella by Michael Beadley?

(see the answer key)

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