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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What pertinent questions does Charlie ask Sarah regarding their home and life together?
(a) How she would feel living alone
(b) How she would feel living with the humans
(c) How she would feel if Leslie were to leave
(d) How she would feel living on land

2. What does Nancy say that Charlie believes himself and Nancy to be?
(a) Alive
(b) Dead
(c) Sad
(d) Happy

3. How does Charlie feel after he understands that the lizards do not understand him and his discussion on change?
(a) Indifferent
(b) Antagonistic
(c) Happy
(d) Peaceful

4. What do Leslie and Sarah decide they will do?
(a) Leslie and Sarah need to think it over
(b) Leslie and Sarah walk away
(c) Leslie and Sarah decide to leave
(d) Leslie and Sarah decide to stay

5. What happens to the two men as a result of Leslie not conceding to Sarah's desires?
(a) A physical attack
(b) They swim in the ocean
(c) A verbal attack
(d) They stop speaking to each other

6. What person/place/thing does Charlie compare Leslie to?
(a) A dolphin
(b) A fish
(c) An ape
(d) A turtle

7. What has Sarah never seen before?
(a) Mammaries
(b) Legs
(c) Toes
(d) Ears

8. What does Nancy urge her husband to do?
(a) Walk away from the beach
(b) Talk to Leslie
(c) Talk to Sarah
(d) Talk to her

9. What has happened to most of the eggs that Leslie and Sarah have produced?
(a) They've been injured
(b) They've been buried in the sand
(c) They've been hatched
(d) They've been eaten or lost

10. What are lizards absolutely amazed to learn about humans and child rearing?
(a) That offspring look like their parents
(b) That humans interact with their offspring
(c) That humans keep their offspring for years
(d) That human offspring are so needy

11. What does the author touch on that is a critical event of the 1970's?
(a) Western liberal democracy
(b) New family dynamics
(c) The space age
(d) The new deal

12. Because Charlie is not willing to let a male of any species view his wife's breasts, what does he do?
(a) Charlie covers up his wife
(b) Charlie covers Leslie eyes with his hands
(c) Charlie thwarts Leslie's view
(d) Charlie attacks Leslie

13. How does Charlie feel as the lizards approach?
(a) He is in a state of awe
(b) He is in a state of panic
(c) He is in a state of delight
(d) He is in a catatonic state

14. What are Nancy and Charlie trying to attempt by using physical communication?
(a) To communicate an understanding of friendship
(b) To communicate humans are not aggressive
(c) To communicate business
(d) To communicate a need for protection

15. What do the lizards ask Charlie after he discusses the theory of evolution?
(a) If change is fast
(b) If change is good
(c) If change happens to everyone
(d) If change is their destiny

Short Answer Questions

1. What is exposed as a result of explaining why humans don't walk around naked?

2. What does Nancy and the lizards mostly engage in?

3. What does Nancy crave as her life's potential?

4. What can Leslie not concede to regarding exclusivity?

5. What are Leslie and Sarah in the process of without even knowing it?

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