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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where are Susan's parents?
(a) They are inside the house.
(b) They are in the hospital.
(c) They are dead.
(d) They have disappeared.

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

7. What does Bill load up on at the beginning of Chapter Nine?
(a) Women.
(b) Food.
(c) Weapons.
(d) Water.

8. What does Bill notice is attracted to the farm?
(a) Birds.
(b) Triffids.
(c) Gnats.
(d) Wasps.

9. What happened to Joan and Ted?
(a) They died of starvation.
(b) They died in an accident.
(c) They died of plague.
(d) They disappeared when they went for help.

10. What standards is Tynsham being run under?
(a) Military standards.
(b) Christian standards.
(c) No standards.
(d) Worldly standards.

11. How many individuals are in Bill's group?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifty two.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty seven.

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

13. Who does Dennis find in the village?
(a) A small boy.
(b) A small girl.
(c) Joan.
(d) No one.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the flame throwers used for?

2. What does Bill find in the hallway as he runs?

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

4. What strikes the man in Steeple Honey inn?

5. How did Coker escape blindness?

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