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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 Bill discover has happened at Tynsham?
(a) The plague has hit.
(b) The people have rioted.
(c) The people have been killed by triffids.
(d) The people have fled.

2. Why does Coker argue that the young woman mending in the kitchen is at fault?
(a) She has no direction.
(b) She is lazy.
(c) She does not try to use her brains.
(d) She started an engine wrong.

3. Who organizes Tynsham?
(a) Joann.
(b) Howard.
(c) Miss Durrant.
(d) Josella.

4. Where are Susan's parents?
(a) They are inside the house.
(b) They are dead.
(c) They have disappeared.
(d) They are in the hospital.

5. Why can Mary not be moved?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She is a baby.
(c) She is sick.
(d) She is disabled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Bill not find at Tynsham?

2. Why can Joyce not be moved?

3. Who finds Bill in Russell Square?

4. Who does Bill find at the cottage?

5. What saved Joyce's life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Explain some of the mishaps that befall Bill as he journey's to find Josella.

5. Describe Bill's view of loneliness.

6. Explain why the young woman comes to Bill in his room in Chapter Eight, and his reaction.

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

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

9. Why do you think the small groups located by helicopter in Chapter Twelve choose not to join other groups?

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

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