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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What day does the narrator compare Wednesday to, based on sound?
(a) Sunday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Thursday.
(d) Saturday.

2. What happened in Indo-China that related the strangeness of the triffid?
(a) The plant died.
(b) The plant walked.
(c) The plant grew to 18 feet.
(d) The plant talked.

3. How does Bill believe the triffids came to be?
(a) He thinks they were a freak of nature.
(b) He thinks they spontaneously generated.
(c) He thinks they are aliens.
(d) He thinks they were biologically developed.

4. How does the narrator follow the event?
(a) He watches it.
(b) By radio.
(c) By television.
(d) By internet postings.

5. What does Walter Lucknor claim the plants are doing when they strike their three sticks against their base?
(a) They are mating.
(b) They are calling others.
(c) They are talking.
(d) They are counting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the result of this event?

2. What does the narrator note occurred on May 7th?

3. Where did the main character, William Masen, grow up?

4. What time does the clock chime, which indicates a problem to the narrator?

5. What has Bill decided by the end of Chapter Two?

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