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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the main character admit the triffids did for him?
(a) Saved his life.
(b) Made him happy.
(c) Made him popular.
(d) Made him wealthy.

2. Who does Bill meet first in Chapter Three?
(a) A man who was blind before the comet.
(b) Josella.
(c) Coker.
(d) A doctor.

3. Where do Bill and Josella go at the end of Chapter Four?
(a) To China.
(b) Back to London.
(c) To the United States.
(d) To Ireland.

4. What can the child do that others cannot?
(a) She can see.
(b) She can run.
(c) She can hear.
(d) She can smell.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Walter Lucknor claim the plants are doing when they strike their three sticks against their base?

2. What happened to Bill as a child that caused curiosity about triffids?

3. What does the sighted leader of blind drunks take from the streets and give to one of the men?

4. What do people learn about triffids that surprises and disgusts them slightly?

5. What is the result of Bill's attempts with the sighted leader of the drunks?

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