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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. Where does the narrator go first when he leaves the hospital?
(a) A pub.
(b) A Laundromat.
(c) A grocery store.
(d) A police station.

2. What does the man in Chapter Three steal for the young mother and her child?
(a) Meat.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Oranges.

3. How does the blind man have the woman held captive?
(a) She is tied to a wall, with her feet bound.
(b) She is tied to him, with her feet bound.
(c) She is tied to him, with her hands also tied.
(d) She is tied to a wall, with her hands also tied.

4. What does the Colonel suggest the colony does immediately?
(a) Leave London.
(b) Set fire to London.
(c) Begin to procreate.
(d) Destroy the triffids.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the elderly man Bill sees in the beginning of Chapter Four carry?

2. How does Bill believe the triffids came to be?

3. Why does Walter believe triffids strike the head?

4. What does Beadley think of Bill in relation to triffids?

5. What can the child do that others cannot?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Explain why Bill feels a sense of relief at his new situation?

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

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

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

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

7. Explain what the landlord at the end of chapter 1 plans on doing, and how.

8. Why does Bill not kill the man holding Josella captive?

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

10. What is revealed about the triffids in Chapter Four, and how is this revealed in the book?

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