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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Bill not find at Tynsham?
(a) Josella.
(b) Willard.
(c) Jack.
(d) Coker.

3. What is Bill tied to once allowed outside?
(a) A chair.
(b) Two blind women.
(c) A truck.
(d) Two tough blind men.

4. What does Josella realize as she explains her escape from Russell Square, and the gunshot?
(a) That Bill was the one who fired the shot.
(b) That Coker was the one who fired the shot.
(c) That Susan was the one who fired the shot.
(d) That Miss Durrant was the one who fired the shot.

5. What does the young blind woman offer Bill at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Money.
(d) Herself.

6. What does the redheaded leader of the other group do when he sights Bill?
(a) He swears at them.
(b) He follows them to their hotel.
(c) He says hello.
(d) He shoots at them.

7. Why does Coker argue that the young woman mending in the kitchen is at fault?
(a) She started an engine wrong.
(b) She is lazy.
(c) She has no direction.
(d) She does not try to use her brains.

8. Where has Bill arrived at the beginning of Chapter Fourteen?
(a) New Forest.
(b) Shirning Farm.
(c) London.
(d) Tynsham.

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

10. What attacks the group in the provision store?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Sighted persons.
(c) Blind persons.
(d) Triffids.

11. What does Bill help the young woman do at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) Commit suicide.
(b) Kill her keeper.
(c) Escape.
(d) Find food.

12. What does Bill find in the hallway as he runs?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Debris.
(c) Water.
(d) Fire.

13. What does Dennis learn to help him in the future?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Reading.
(c) Farming.
(d) Braille.

14. What strikes the man in Steeple Honey inn?
(a) A tree.
(b) A bullet.
(c) A triffid.
(d) A car.

15. Where does Miss Durrant indicate Beadley's party has gone?
(a) Exmoor.
(b) Beaminster.
(c) Westminster.
(d) London.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the group see at night on the roof?

3. How does Dennis keep from becoming lost?

4. What does Bill load up on at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

5. What did Stephen Brennell do prior to the crisis?

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