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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe Nancy's state of mind when the lizards reappear.
(a) Paralyzed
(b) Crazy
(c) Confused
(d) Clear headed

2. What are Charlie and Nancy facing as they enter their new stage in life?
(a) Financial ruin
(b) Empty nest syndrome
(c) Health problems
(d) Childless depression

3. How does Nancy react to Charlie's blasy attitude?
(a) Tells him he must go back to work
(b) Rants that life is short
(c) Asks for him to change
(d) Is compassionate to him

4. What did the changes of the 1970s provide women with?
(a) Opportunity
(b) Safety
(c) Husbands
(d) Religion

5. What did Charlie used to hold to let himself sink to the bottom of the lake?
(a) Two heavy rocks
(b) Two bags of sand
(c) Two sea turtles
(d) Two heavy bricks

6. What does Nancy threaten to do if Charlie is unwilling to go along with her?
(a) Nancy will sell the house
(b) Nancy will find another man
(c) Nancy will divorce him
(d) Nancy will go on her own

7. What does Nancy want from her marriage?
(a) Intimacy and connection
(b) Care and balance
(c) Money and a home
(d) Sex and adventure

8. What types of creatures does the beach location allude that humans evolved from?
(a) Sea creatures
(b) Sand creatures
(c) Apes
(d) Birds

9. How many times during Act 1 does Nancy bring up Charlie's childhood dream of living underwater?
(a) Twice
(b) Never
(c) Three times
(d) Once

10. What does Charlie pass off Nancy's idea of his dream as?
(a) Too lofty of a goal
(b) Too hard
(c) Childhood humor
(d) Childhood fancy

11. What does Nancy not understand about Charlie's retirement plan?
(a) He's content to only learn to sail
(b) He's anxious to travel
(c) He's content to rest
(d) He's anxious to be a grandfather

12. What does Charlie call the whole scene?
(a) A fantasy
(b) Entertaining
(c) A dream
(d) A certain hell

13. What do the jets overhead help to identify?
(a) The advancement of technology
(b) The insanity of Charlie
(c) The time period
(d) The geographic location

14. What is Nancy in the mood for after lunch?
(a) To talk about her love of water
(b) To talk about the birds
(c) To talk about the fresh salty air
(d) To talk about the shells

15. What human element do the jets overhead exemplify?
(a) Procreation
(b) Infidelity
(c) Suspicion
(d) Progress

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlie's ideal life?

2. When does Nancy show fear?

3. Which character finds a descent size stick?

4. What does Charlie ask his wife to find in order to defend themselves against the creatures?

5. What does Nancy's sarcastic validation of Charlie's merits as a good husband and father lead to?

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