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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) Triffids.
(b) Birds.
(c) Wasps.
(d) Gnats.

2. Why can Bill leave at the end of Chapter Eight?
(a) Most of his group have fled, as the rest are dying of plague.
(b) Most of his group have died of plague, and the rest have been shot.
(c) Most of his group have been shot, and the rest have escaped.
(d) Most of his group have starved, and the rest have escaped.

3. How many individuals are in Bill's group?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty two.
(d) Thirty seven.

4. What does Susan tell Bill to do at the end of Chapter Thirteen?
(a) Take Josella indoors.
(b) Take her indoors.
(c) Take Miss Durrant indoors.
(d) Take Coker indoors.

5. Where does the man at the end of Chapter Eleven shoot?
(a) Into Bill's truck.
(b) Over Coker's head.
(c) Over Bill's head.
(d) Into Coker's truck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bill discover has happened at Tynsham?

2. What does Bill note about the sheep and cattle?

3. Who does the little girl want Bill to check on?

4. What does Bill eventually see in the darkness?

5. Where does Bill go at the end of Chapter Twelve?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Shirning Farm.

2. Describe how Coker came to remain sighted.

3. Explain how Coker meets with Bill again.

4. Describe how Bill finds Josella.

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

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

7. Describe Bill's view of loneliness.

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

9. Explain what Bill finds at Tynsham.

10. Explain Josella's fears about her wedding.

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