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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. Who does Bill find at the cottage?
(a) Miss Durrant.
(b) Andrew.
(c) Coker.
(d) Josella.

2. What does Susan say about her previous meals of junk food?
(a) They were pleasant.
(b) They were delicious.
(c) They were not satisfying.
(d) They were filling.

3. What does Bill learn on the fifth day of his slavery that worries him?
(a) Half the group has been lost.
(b) Half the group has died.
(c) There is despair spreading through the group.
(d) There is a sickness spreading through the group.

4. What does Coker point out are the most dangerous things?
(a) Triffids.
(b) Bad intentions.
(c) Satellites.
(d) Good intentions.

5. Why does Bill argue Coker would be better with Beadley group?
(a) He is too driven.
(b) He is too religious.
(c) He is too smart.
(d) He is too lazy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bill search second for Josella?

2. Who finds Bill in Russell Square?

3. What does Bill load up on at the beginning of Chapter Nine?

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

5. Where do Coker and Bill go at the end of Chapter Nine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the three people Bill and Coker meet in Beaminster.

4. Describe how Joyce became poisoned and how she was saved.

5. Explain what Bill finds at Tynsham.

6. What was Coker's response to Miss Durrant's chastising of his brutal methods at University Tower?

7. Explain what Coker wants of the new sighted captives.

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

9. How does Coker view Miss Durrant, and what does he believe she will do with Tynsham?

10. Describe Bill's view of loneliness.

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