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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nancy assure Charlie about the lizards?
(a) They are smaller than she thought
(b) They have no teeth
(c) They are harmless
(d) They are docile

2. Where does Sarah want to go after Charlie has upset her?
(a) Rest on the sand
(b) Return to the sea
(c) Into the waves
(d) Behind the rock

3. How does Charlie feel about having to explain so much to the lizards?
(a) Intrigued
(b) Unamused
(c) Angered
(d) Impatient

4. Nancy's reaction to the lizards can be best described as true to this quality of her personality.
(a) She is paralyzed in fear
(b) She is horrified
(c) She is in awe
(d) She is fascinated

5. What is the name of the female lizard?
(a) Sally
(b) Martha
(c) Nancy
(d) Sarah

6. What flies overhead and frightens the lizards?
(a) A kite
(b) Another jet
(c) A heliocopter
(d) A flock of seagulls

7. What simple act is even challenging between the lizards and the humans?
(a) Making a sand castle
(b) Swimming
(c) Shaking hands
(d) Walking

8. What is the name of the male lizard?
(a) Larry
(b) Leslie
(c) Charlie
(d) Lewis

9. Which combination of lizards and humans are uncertain of each other right away?
(a) Leslie and Nancy
(b) Charlie and Sarah
(c) Charlie and Leslie
(d) Nancy and Sarah

10. How does Nancy feel about her husband's insensitivity when he asks Sarah personal questions?
(a) Entitled
(b) Indifferent
(c) Joyful
(d) Outraged

11. What do the lizards decide to do after Leslie attacks Charlie for making her cry?
(a) Stay on land
(b) Never speak to the humans again
(c) Declare revenge on the humans
(d) Return to their home

12. What can Leslie not concede to regarding exclusivity?
(a) Complete protection
(b) Complete companionship
(c) Complete love
(d) Complete loyalty

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

14. What does that author want the audience to pay the most attention to?
(a) Important reproductive issues
(b) Important social issues
(c) Important domestic issues
(d) Important biological issues

15. What does Charlie try to explain to Leslie is the difference between their search for a mate?
(a) Lizards look for love
(b) Humans look for love
(c) Lizards are more simple
(d) Humans are immature

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charlie bring up as the lizards explain about their feelings for leaving the sea?

2. How do Charlie and Nancy react to the actions of the lizards as they first approach them in a submissive position?

3. How is Leslie and Sarah's coupling different from Charlie and Nancy?

4. What begins to happen as the lizards and the humans interact and try to understand each other better?

5. Who calms the men down?

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