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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bill notice about his hands?
(a) They are tied together.
(b) They are bloody.
(c) They are broken.
(d) They are burned.

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

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

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

5. What feeling does Bill have after his long first day searching for Josella?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Anger.

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

7. What does Coker believe Miss Durrant wants?
(a) Help.
(b) A lover.
(c) A way out.
(d) A child.

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

9. Why does Bill argue Coker would be better with Beadley group?
(a) He is too lazy.
(b) He is too smart.
(c) He is too driven.
(d) He is too religious.

10. How does Bill try to signal Josella?
(a) With his headlights.
(b) With a large searchlight.
(c) With a smoke signal.
(d) With a fire.

11. Why can Joyce not be moved?
(a) She is weak from illness.
(b) She is weak from pregnancy.
(c) She is weak from hunger.
(d) She is weak from triffid poison.

12. Where do Coker and Bill go at the end of Chapter Nine?
(a) The two go to Tynsham.
(b) The two go to Ireland.
(c) The two go to London.
(d) The two go to the United States.

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

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

15. What happens when Bill drives too fast in the small town?
(a) He runs into a building.
(b) He runs into a van.
(c) He hits a person.
(d) He hits a triffid.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bill search first for Josella?

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

3. Who does Dennis find in the village?

4. What does Bill discover has happened at Tynsham?

5. What does Miss Durrant see as the fall of mankind?

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