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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15, 16 and 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Joyce not be moved?
(a) She is weak from illness.
(b) She is weak from pregnancy.
(c) She is weak from triffid poison.
(d) She is weak from hunger.

2. What is one theory of how the triffids appeared?
(a) They were spontaneously generated.
(b) They were magical.
(c) They were planted by gardeners.
(d) They were planted by a radical group.

3. How does Bill know so much of the triffids?
(a) We works with them.
(b) He grows them.
(c) He has one in his home.
(d) He developed them.

4. Who does Dennis find in the village?
(a) Joan.
(b) No one.
(c) A small boy.
(d) A small girl.

5. Why does Bill seem to be looking forward to the future?
(a) He is no longer employed.
(b) He can find a new wife.
(c) He can find a new profession.
(d) He is no longer a cog, but his own master.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Colonel suggest the colony does immediately?

2. What method does the group use next to search for Beadley's party?

3. What does the young blind woman offer Bill at the end of Chapter Eight?

4. What does Susan say about her previous meals of junk food?

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

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