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

2. What does Bill discover has happened at Tynsham?
(a) The people have been killed by triffids.
(b) The people have fled.
(c) The plague has hit.
(d) The people have rioted.

3. What does Ivan note about other colonies in the area?
(a) They avoid confrontation.
(b) They avoid work.
(c) They avoid other people.
(d) They avoid organization.

4. Who do Bill and Josella find at Shrining when they return from the beach?
(a) Stephen, the stock broker.
(b) Coker, the opportunist.
(c) Ivan, the pilot.
(d) Amber, the reporter.

5. What does Bill learn on the fifth day of his slavery that worries him?
(a) Half the group has died.
(b) There is despair spreading through the group.
(c) Half the group has been lost.
(d) There is a sickness spreading through the group.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dennis keep from becoming lost?

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

3. What does Coker point out are the most dangerous things?

4. How many individuals are in Bill's group?

5. Who is the young woman on the committee at the meeting?

(see the answer key)

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