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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can Bill leave at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) Most of his group have starved, and the rest have escaped.
(b) Most of his group have been shot, and the rest have escaped.
(c) Most of his group have died of plague, and the rest have been shot.
(d) Most of his group have fled, as the rest are dying of plague.

2. Where does Bill search first for Josella?
(a) Westminster.
(b) University Tower.
(c) Tynsham.
(d) Exmoor.

3. What does Bill begin to see in London proper?
(a) Military.
(b) Police.
(c) Gangs.
(d) Triffids.

4. What saved Joyce's life?
(a) An antidote.
(b) Josella.
(c) Dennis and Mary's ability to care for her.
(d) A local doctor.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What happened to Susan's friend?
(a) He fell into a well.
(b) He was killed by a triffid.
(c) He died of the plague.
(d) He starved to death.

9. What does Bill note about the sheep and cattle?
(a) They are sighted.
(b) They are blind.
(c) They are restless.
(d) They are wandering.

10. What does Miss Durrant see as the fall of mankind?
(a) Communism.
(b) Laziness and stubbornness.
(c) Decadence, immorality, and lack of faith.
(d) Thanklessness and selfishness.

11. What does Susan say about her previous meals of junk food?
(a) They were delicious.
(b) They were filling.
(c) They were not satisfying.
(d) They were pleasant.

12. What does Bill fear has happened to Josella?
(a) He fears she has been attacked.
(b) He fears she has taken a lover.
(c) He fears she has died from the plague.
(d) He fears she has been kidnapped.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Joan and Ted?

2. Who does the little girl want Bill to check on?

3. What does Coker help to do at Tynsham?

4. What does Bill notice is attracted to the farm?

5. What does Susan tell Bill to do at the end of Chapter Thirteen?

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