2. What brings Bill into the alley where he finds a blind man and his captive?
(a) A dog's bark.
(b) A child's laugh.
(c) A woman's scream.
(d) A man's voice.

3. Who is Elspeth Cary?
(a) A doctor.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A reporter.
(d) A nurse.

4. What is the result of Bill's attempts with the sighted leader of the drunks?
(a) He is taken captive.
(b) He is hit.
(c) He is laughed at.
(d) He is killed.

5. What jobs are given to Bill and Josella by Michael Beadley?
(a) To collect money.
(b) To collect medical supplies.
(c) To collect transportation.
(d) To collect food and supplies.

6. What do some nations eject into space?
(a) Nuclear missiles.
(b) Unwanted people.
(c) Satellites with atomic heads.
(d) Garbage.

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

8. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?
(a) Saved his life.
(b) Made him wealthy.
(c) Made him happy.
(d) Made him popular.

9. What was the result of this event?
(a) Bright green lights in the sky.
(b) Darkness.
(c) A lack of moonlight.
(d) An explosion.

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

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

12. Why does Bill have trouble solving his hunger problem at first?
(a) He does not want to break the law.
(b) He does not have money.
(c) He cannot find a shop.
(d) He cannot find food.

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

14. What does Walter Lucknor claim the plants are doing when they strike their three sticks against their base?
(a) They are calling others.
(b) They are talking.
(c) They are mating.
(d) They are counting.

15. What does Vorless, the sociologist, say about belief?
(a) Belief can be both right and wrong.
(b) Belief can not be right or wrong, but only right for a specific population.
(c) Belief is either right, or wrong.
(d) Belief is always right.