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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. What is Josella's opinion of the future?
(a) It is full of promise.
(b) It is uncertain.
(c) It is deadly.
(d) They will not like it much.

2. What does Bill reveal about radio broadcasts?
(a) They are jumbled.
(b) They are normal.
(c) Those in other countries are still functioning.
(d) There are none.

3. What does Bill do within a week of returning from Tynsham to try to keep triffids out?
(a) He puts in an underground electric fence.
(b) He puts in spike strips.
(c) He builds a moat.
(d) He builds a fence.

4. What time does the clock chime, which indicates a problem to the narrator?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Eight.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

5. What does Miss Durrant see as the fall of mankind?
(a) Thanklessness and selfishness.
(b) Decadence, immorality, and lack of faith.
(c) Communism.
(d) Laziness and stubbornness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dennis build to help him make it into town?

2. Why does Bill seem to be looking forward to the future?

3. Where do Bill and Josella agree the light in the night came from?

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

5. What does Ivan note about other colonies in the area?

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