3. Why does Josella wear such extravagant clothing the first evening Bill and she are together?
(a) She always dresses in such a manner.
(b) She is saying goodbye to frivolity.
(c) She is trying to reclaim her beauty.
(d) She is trying to entice Bill.

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

5. What is the young woman's name?
(a) Josella Russell.
(b) Josella Playton.
(c) Josella Smith.
(d) Josella Jones.

6. What does Bill recall Walter saying about the triffids and blind men?
(a) That the blind are simple food for triffids.
(b) That the blind are like the triffids.
(c) That the blind are superior to a triffid.
(d) That the blind are not superior any longer.

7. What does Beadley think of Bill in relation to triffids?
(a) He thinks he is an expert.
(b) He thinks he is afraid.
(c) He thinks he is unsound.
(d) He thinks he is uneducated.

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

9. Where does Bill take the young woman?
(a) To his apartment.
(b) To her car.
(c) To the hospital.
(d) To a pub.

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

11. What example does Vorless use to show his point about belief?
(a) That people have been raping women.
(b) That people have been fighting one another.
(c) That people have been stealing supplies.
(d) That people have been killing others.

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

13. What did Bill's father want him to do for a living?
(a) He wanted him to become an accountant.
(b) He wanted him to become a doctor.
(c) He wanted him to become a banker.
(d) He wanted him to become a lawyer.

14. How does the blind man have the woman held captive?
(a) She is tied to a wall, with her feet bound.
(b) She is tied to him, with her feet bound.
(c) She is tied to him, with her hands also tied.
(d) She is tied to a wall, with her hands also tied.

15. 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.