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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 Beadley note could have happened to the world?
(a) It could have been expanded.
(b) It could have been destroyed.
(c) It could have exploded.
(d) It could have been saved.

2. What does Bill recall Walter saying about the triffids and blind men?
(a) That the blind are simple food for triffids.
(b) That the blind are like the triffids.
(c) That the blind are superior to a triffid.
(d) That the blind are not superior any longer.

3. Why does Walter believe triffids strike the head?
(a) They are trying to deafen people.
(b) They are trying to blind people.
(c) They are trying to crack the skull.
(d) They are trying to knock people unconscious.

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. Who is the young woman on the committee at the meeting?
(a) A nurse.
(b) A scientist.
(c) A sociologist.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bill take the young woman?

2. Where does Bill go in the beginning of Chapter Three?

3. What does Bill point out to Josella after the argument?

4. What does Beadley encourage the group they can do?

5. What do Bill and Josella see in the night that chooses for them where to go in the morning?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Bill not kill the man holding Josella captive?

2. What surprises Josella about her actions when she was captive?

3. Do you agree with Bill's statement at the end of Chapter Six that man is lost without his ability to see? Why or why not?

4. Describe the walking style of a triffid.

5. Explain Vorless' opinion on the new role of men and women in society.

6. Explain Bill's response to the argument at the gate between the sighted and the blind.

7. Describe the scene where the narrator first learns of the blindness that plagues mankind.

8. Explain why Bill decides to go to London at the beginning of Chapter Three?

9. Do you think the narrator is right to leave the blind group in the lobby of the hospital, knowing they cannot see to get out?

10. Explain why Bill feels a sense of relief at his new situation?

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