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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of this event?
(a) An explosion.
(b) A lack of moonlight.
(c) Bright green lights in the sky.
(d) Darkness.

2. Why does Bill not help people in the beginning of Chapter Four?
(a) He is unable to see.
(b) He sees they do not need assistance.
(c) He sees they are slowly losing control.
(d) He is cruel.

3. What happens to Bill as he tries to help Pearson?
(a) He is attacked by a blind man.
(b) He is stung by a triffid.
(c) He is hit by a car.
(d) He is shot.

4. What feeling does Bill have at the end of Chapter Three?
(a) He is lonely.
(b) He is depressed.
(c) He is elated.
(d) He is relieved.

5. What do Bill and Josella find when they reach her father's house?
(a) Triffids have attacked and killed everyone.
(b) Her father has gone mad.
(c) The blind have attacked and killed everyone.
(d) Sighted burglars have attacked and killed everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one theory of how the triffids appeared?

2. What does the narrator note occurred on May 7th?

3. How does Bill make the solution to his hunger even more acceptable?

4. Where does Bill go at the end of Chapter Three?

5. What does Bill recall Walter saying about the triffids and blind men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What surprises Josella about her actions when she was captive?

2. Explain why Bill decides to go to London at the beginning of Chapter Three?

3. Explain how the seeds of the triffid came to spread across the world, according to the story by Bill of Umberto Palanguez.

4. Explain the irony of the blind man Bill finds in Chapter Three, who was blind before the comet.

5. Describe the scene where the narrator first learns of the blindness that plagues mankind.

6. Give a brief explanation of the various speculations pertaining to the coming of the triffids.

7. What are the potential uses of satellites, according to Bill?

8. Describe the circumstances that resulted in Bill's hospitalization.

9. Explain the difference between Josella's view of triffids and Bill's. Why are they do drastically different?

10. What is happening to society at the beginning of Chapter Four, and why?

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