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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Colonel suggest the colony does immediately?
(a) Destroy the triffids.
(b) Begin to procreate.
(c) Leave London.
(d) Set fire to London.

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

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

6. What does Umberto Christofoto Palanguez bring to the Arctic & European Fish Oil Company?
(a) Triffid plants.
(b) Pink triffid oil.
(c) Triffid seeds.
(d) Triffid instructions.

7. What does Bill try to do to the sighted leader of the drunks?
(a) Hit him.
(b) Join him.
(c) Kill him.
(d) Report him.

8. What happens to Bill as he tries to help Pearson?
(a) He is hit by a car.
(b) He is attacked by a blind man.
(c) He is stung by a triffid.
(d) He is shot.

9. What do Bill and Josella see in the night that chooses for them where to go in the morning?
(a) Car lights in the distance.
(b) A light from a fire in the distance.
(c) A bright searchlight in the distance.
(d) The light of a plane in the distance.

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

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

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

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

14. What does the man in Chapter Three steal for the young mother and her child?
(a) Oranges.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Meat.
(d) Cheese.

15. What is the function of the Colonel?
(a) He is in charge of the kitchen.
(b) He admits individuals into the sighted colony.
(c) He is in charge of assigning duties.
(d) He admits individuals into the blind colony.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the blind man have the woman held captive?

2. Where does Bill go in the beginning of Chapter Three?

3. Why did Josella move home following her success?

4. What example does Vorless use to show his point about belief?

5. What does the elderly man Bill sees in the beginning of Chapter Four carry?

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