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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. Why is the narrator particularly anxious on the first day of the novel?
(a) Doctors will remove stitches from his face.
(b) Doctors will remove bandages from his knee.
(c) Doctors will remove staples from his legs.
(d) Doctors will remove bandages from his eyes.

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

3. What happened to Bill as a child that caused curiosity about triffids?
(a) He killed one.
(b) He ate one accidentally.
(c) He was stung by one.
(d) He grew one for a science project.

4. What does Bill point out to Josella after the argument?
(a) That they cannot hope to save the sighted.
(b) That they must choose between saving the sighted, and saving the blind.
(c) That they cannot hope to save the blind.
(d) That the sighted are wrong to ignore the blind.

5. What day does the narrator compare Wednesday to, based on sound?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Monday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Coker explain is Bill's new job?

2. What do people learn about triffids that surprises and disgusts them slightly?

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

4. What does Bill learn on the fifth day of his slavery that worries him?

5. Where does Bill search first for Josella?

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