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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 learn Coker did at the University?
(a) Faked a fire to kidnap the blind.
(b) Set a fire to kill the sighted.
(c) Set a fire to kidnap the sighted.
(d) Faked a fire to kidnap the sighted.

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

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

4. What wakes Bill at the beginning of Chapter Eight?
(a) A bell.
(b) Screams.
(c) A phone.
(d) A gun shot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill fear has happened to Josella?

2. How does Bill suggest they begin to search for Josella in the Downs?

3. Who does Bill not find at Tynsham?

4. Where does Miss Durrant indicate Beadley's party has gone?

5. Why can Bill leave at the end of Chapter Eight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Shirning Farm.

2. Describe how Bill finds Josella.

3. Explain Josella's fears about her wedding.

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

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

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

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

8. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.

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

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

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