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

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

3. Why does Bill not help people in the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) He is cruel.
(b) He sees they do not need assistance.
(c) He sees they are slowly losing control.
(d) He is unable to see.

4. What do people learn about triffids that surprises and disgusts them slightly?
(a) They are diseased.
(b) They are full of germs.
(c) They are animals.
(d) They are carnivores.

5. What is the function of the Colonel?
(a) He is in charge of the kitchen.
(b) He is in charge of assigning duties.
(c) He admits individuals into the blind colony.
(d) He admits individuals into the sighted colony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Bill's father want him to do for a living?

3. What does the sighted leader of blind drunks take from the streets and give to one of the men?

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

5. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?

(see the answer key)

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