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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 does Bill claim is the reason there were few wars in the time immediately prior to the triffids?
(a) Everyone lived happily together.
(b) No one believed their chances of winning were good.
(c) No one had contact with one another.
(d) Everyone believed the same things, politically.

2. How did Josella avoid being blinded?
(a) She was at a party.
(b) She was at work.
(c) She was asleep.
(d) She was in the hospital.

3. What is Josella's opinion of the future?
(a) They will not like it much.
(b) It is deadly.
(c) It is full of promise.
(d) It is uncertain.

4. Who does the narrator meet at the end of Chapter 1?
(a) Joelle.
(b) The landlord of the pub.
(c) A doctor.
(d) Walter.

5. What time does the clock chime, which indicates a problem to the narrator?
(a) Three.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the child do that others cannot?

2. What happens to Bill as he tries to help Pearson?

3. What does the Colonel suggest the colony does immediately?

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

5. What does the man in Chapter Three steal for the young mother and her child?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed about the new use for sighted children and blind women in Chapter Three?

2. Do you agree with Bill's statement at the end of Chapter Six that man is lost without his ability to see? Why or why not?

3. Describe why Bill finds it difficult at first to break the law, even for food.

4. Explain the argument of Beadley that the world is better off after the comet than it was before.

5. Explain why the Colonel and the others want to leave London?

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

7. Explain Vorless' opinion on the new role of men and women in society.

8. Describe the walking style of a triffid.

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

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

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