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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. How does Bill try to signal Josella?
(a) With a smoke signal.
(b) With a fire.
(c) With his headlights.
(d) With a large searchlight.

2. What does Bill find in the hallway as he runs?
(a) Debris.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Fire.
(d) Water.

3. What happens when Bill drives too fast in the small town?
(a) He runs into a van.
(b) He hits a triffid.
(c) He runs into a building.
(d) He hits a person.

4. What does Bill fear has happened to Josella?
(a) He fears she has taken a lover.
(b) He fears she has been attacked.
(c) He fears she has been kidnapped.
(d) He fears she has died from the plague.

5. What does Coker believe Miss Durrant wants?
(a) A way out.
(b) A lover.
(c) Help.
(d) A child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill learn Coker did at the University?

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

3. What does Bill reiterate to Coker about triffids?

4. Who does Dennis find in the village?

5. What does Dennis learn to help him in the future?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.

2. Describe Shirning Farm.

3. Explain how Susan comes to travel with Bill.

4. Explain Josella's fears about her wedding.

5. Describe how Bill finds Josella.

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

7. Describe what occurs to the young woman at the end of Chapter Eight, and Bill's thoughts of her.

8. Explain Coker's argument about why the young woman at Tynsham is at fault for not getting the lights back on.

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

10. Explain what Bill finds at Tynsham.

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