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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dennis keep from becoming lost?
(a) He uses a compass as he walks.
(b) He marks his way with chalk so others can find him.
(c) He strings twine behind him as he walks.
(d) He uses a radio to communicate with the sighted.

2. Where did the main character, William Masen, grow up?
(a) A northern suburb of Chicago.
(b) A northern suburb of Venice.
(c) A southern suburb of London.
(d) A southern suburb of Dublin.

3. What caused Josella to have to leave her vehicle as she went to find the doctor?
(a) Her brakes failed.
(b) Her tire was flat.
(c) She ran out of gas.
(d) The roads were impassable.

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

5. What does Josella realize as she explains her escape from Russell Square, and the gunshot?
(a) That Coker was the one who fired the shot.
(b) That Miss Durrant was the one who fired the shot.
(c) That Bill was the one who fired the shot.
(d) That Susan was the one who fired the shot.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Beadley think of Bill in relation to triffids?

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

4. What does the redheaded leader of the other group do when he sights Bill?

5. Why can Bill leave at the end of Chapter Eight?

(see the answer key)

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