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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. Why did Josella move home following her success?
(a) She needed the money.
(b) She missed her family.
(c) She was being followed.
(d) People she didn't like began harassing her.

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

3. What does the sighted leader of blind drunks take from the streets and give to one of the men?
(a) A cat.
(b) A woman.
(c) A dog.
(d) A child.

4. What does Josella admit she fears most in being alone?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Being raped.
(c) Being killed.
(d) Being caught again.

5. What is the name of the hospital in which the narrator is residing?
(a) St. Merryn's.
(b) St. Julian's.
(c) St. Mary's.
(d) St. Louis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day does the narrator compare Wednesday to, based on sound?

2. What is the man at the end of Chapter 1 going to do?

3. Who does the narrator meet at the end of Chapter 1?

4. Why does Josella agree to the taking on of blind women for such a purpose?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Following the witness of a couple committing suicide, Bill admits to himself that he must 'grow a hide'. Explain his meaning.

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

9. Describe the walking style of a triffid.

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

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