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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the group see at night on the roof?
(a) People.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lights.
(d) Smoke.

2. Where does Bill go at the end of Chapter Twelve?
(a) Tynsham.
(b) Sussex Downs.
(c) Exmoor.
(d) London.

3. How does Bill suggest they begin to search for Josella in the Downs?
(a) Look for light.
(b) Look for smoke.
(c) Look for triffids.
(d) Look for people.

4. Where does the man at the end of Chapter Eleven shoot?
(a) Into Bill's truck.
(b) Over Bill's head.
(c) Over Coker's head.
(d) Into Coker's truck.

5. What does Dennis build to help him make it into town?
(a) A helmet.
(b) A vehicle.
(c) A blow torch.
(d) A gun.

6. What does Coker believe Miss Durrant will do?
(a) Leave Tynsham.
(b) Seduce the priest.
(c) Run Tynsham into the ground.
(d) Find a lover.

7. Who does Bill find at the cottage?
(a) Andrew.
(b) Coker.
(c) Miss Durrant.
(d) Josella.

8. How did Coker escape blindness?
(a) He was in jail.
(b) He was in the hospital.
(c) He was in bed.
(d) He was hiding out in a cellar.

9. Where does Bill find Josella's district to be?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Exmoor.
(c) Dartmoor.
(d) Lake District.

10. Who does the young woman in Beaminster believe is coming to save them?
(a) The Irish.
(b) The Americans.
(c) No one.
(d) The Russians.

11. What does Bill reiterate to Coker about triffids?
(a) He believes they are all dead.
(b) He believes they are aliens.
(c) He believes they are acts of God.
(d) He believes they talk.

12. What surprises Bill when he hears Coker quote poetry?
(a) Coker has a photographic memory.
(b) Coker is well spoken.
(c) Coker has a Northern accent.
(d) Coker is uneducated.

13. What does the dark haired man in Beaminster want to open?
(a) A radio store.
(b) A hardware store.
(c) A clothing store.
(d) A liquor store.

14. What does Alf admit he thinks about whether people are coming to rescue them?
(a) He believes someone will come.
(b) He believes no rescue is required.
(c) He believes someone has already come.
(d) He believes no one is coming.

15. Why can't Bill simply take Josella away from the farm?
(a) They have no transportation.
(b) It is too dangerous.
(c) There are others who depend on her.
(d) She refuses to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Miss Durrant indicate Beadley's party has gone?

2. What does the redheaded leader of the other group do when he sights Bill?

3. What does Bill notice about his hands?

4. Why can Bill leave at the end of Chapter Eight?

5. What does Susan say about her previous meals of junk food?

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