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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 notice is attracted to the farm?
(a) Wasps.
(b) Triffids.
(c) Gnats.
(d) Birds.

2. How does Dennis keep from becoming lost?
(a) He marks his way with chalk so others can find him.
(b) He uses a radio to communicate with the sighted.
(c) He uses a compass as he walks.
(d) He strings twine behind him as he walks.

3. At University Tower, where does the writing say the community has gone?
(a) Westminster.
(b) Exmoor.
(c) Devizes.
(d) Tynsham.

4. What feeling does Bill have after his long first day searching for Josella?
(a) Fear.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Susan's friend?

2. What does Dennis build to help him make it into town?

3. Where does Bill search second for Josella?

4. Where has Bill arrived at the beginning of Chapter Fourteen?

5. What does Bill eventually see in the darkness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe Bill's view of loneliness.

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

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

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

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

8. Explain how Coker meets with Bill again.

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

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

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