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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10, 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Coker explain is Bill's new job?
(a) He is to be the muscle for his armed group.
(b) He is to be an inside man at the colony.
(c) He is to be the eyes for a group of blind individuals.
(d) He is to work on a farm to produce more food.

2. What jobs are given to Bill and Josella by Michael Beadley?
(a) To collect money.
(b) To collect food and supplies.
(c) To collect medical supplies.
(d) To collect transportation.

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

4. How does the narrator learn that blindness has afflicted people?
(a) A nurse explains it to him.
(b) He finds blind persons in a ward.
(c) He hears it on the radio.
(d) He watches a news cast on television.

5. What does the group see at night on the roof?
(a) Nothing.
(b) People.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Lights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the flame throwers used for?

2. Where does Josella suggest they go in the morning?

3. What is Bill tied to once allowed outside?

4. What does Bill recall Walter saying about the triffids and blind men?

5. What does Bill load up on at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

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