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

2. What does Charlie hope the gesture will save them from?
(a) Survival
(b) Cruel fate
(c) Being eaten alive
(d) Being buried alive

3. What is the best way to describe the gesture that Nancy and Charlie are exhibiting for the creatures?
(a) Animalistic
(b) Fatalstic
(c) Romantic
(d) Deathly

4. What scientific theory is addressed in Act 1?
(a) Humans have limited evolution capabilities
(b) Humans evolved from desert creatures
(c) Humans evolved from sea creatures
(d) Humans evolved in the jungle

5. What events does the author use the character of Nancy to shed light on?
(a) Critical events of the 1980s
(b) Critical events of the 21st century
(c) Critical events of the 1970s
(d) Critical events of the 1990s

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nancy suggest her and Charlie do as the lizards approach?

2. What was Charlie's childhood dream?

3. How did women feel as a result of having time outside of the home?

4. How does Nancy feel when she sees the creatures?

5. What does Nancy and Charlie hope their act will communicate to the lizards as they approach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie try to defend himself and his wife against the sea creatures?

2. What is the difference between what Charlie is in the mood for and what Nancy is in the mood for after lunch?

3. Describe how the humans communicate effectively with the lizards.

4. What happens as Act 2 opens and the lizards approach?

5. What happens when Leslie cannot concede complete loyalty to Sarah?

6. Why does the conversation of exclusivity threaten to create a problem?

7. What does Sarah reveal to Nancy about her eggs?

8. How does Charlie react when Nancy brings up his living underwater dream for the second time?

9. How does Nancy react to her husband's raving and blaming of why the lizards have appeared?

10. How does Charlie react when Nancy attempts to encourage Charlie to pursue his childhood dream now?

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