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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 Coker help to do at Tynsham?
(a) Restore power.
(b) Cook.
(c) Clean.
(d) Restore water.

2. Who does the young woman in Beaminster believe is coming to save them?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Irish.
(c) The Americans.
(d) No one.

3. Where does Miss Durrant indicate Beadley's party has gone?
(a) London.
(b) Exmoor.
(c) Westminster.
(d) Beaminster.

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

5. What does Bill reiterate to Coker about triffids?
(a) He believes they talk.
(b) He believes they are aliens.
(c) He believes they are all dead.
(d) He believes they are acts of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bill find Josella's district to be?

2. What feeling does Bill have after his long first day searching for Josella?

3. What did Stephen Brennell do prior to the crisis?

4. Where are Susan's parents?

5. How many individuals are in Bill's group?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens to Bill at the beginning of Chapter Eight, in terms of how he is kidnapped.

2. Explain what Bill finds at Tynsham.

3. Describe how Bill first discovers the plague, its symptoms, and its result.

4. Explain how Coker meets with Bill again.

5. Describe Miss Durrant's views, and her Tynsham community.

6. Explain how Susan comes to travel with Bill.

7. Describe Bill's view of loneliness.

8. Describe how Bill finds Josella.

9. Explain how Coker describes himself, and his abilities.

10. Describe the scene with the man in the inn at Steeple Honey.

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