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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 water.
(b) Lack of sunlight.
(c) Lack of oxygen.
(d) Lack of food.

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

3. Why does Josella agree to the taking on of blind women for such a purpose?
(a) She can justify it because the choice gives them babies.
(b) She can justify it because the choice gives them purpose.
(c) She can justify it because the choice gives them survival.
(d) She can justify it because the choice gives them money.

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

5. How does the blind man have the woman held captive?
(a) She is tied to a wall, with her hands also tied.
(b) She is tied to him, with her feet bound.
(c) She is tied to him, with her hands also tied.
(d) She is tied to a wall, with her feet bound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bill not help people in the beginning of Chapter Four?

2. What does Beadley note could have happened to the world?

3. How does Bill believe the triffids came to be?

4. Who does Bill meet first in Chapter Three?

5. Why did Josella move home following her success?

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