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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. How big was the lizard?
(a) About three inches long.
(b) Four inches long.
(c) Three and a half inches long.
(d) About two inches long.

2. What did the lights of Koh Samui glow like?
(a) All of these.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Glow stars.
(d) A city.

3. What did Daffy call the first day they had arrived on the Beach?
(a) The Dawning.
(b) Year Zero.
(c) Year One.
(d) All of these.

4. What is Leo's last words before Game Over?
(a) Rats!
(b) I'm dead.
(c) Confound it!
(d) I'm toast.

5. What color or shade did the sand become the further the group had swum?
(a) More golden.
(b) Whiter.
(c) Blacker.
(d) More yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tattoo did Francoise have on her wrist?

2. What color was the watermark strip when it dipped below the ocean?

3. Where did Richard explain for the two Americans to wait for him?

4. At what time would the camp be empty?

5. What was the name of the french male?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation did Richard offer for the shape of the island on which the Beach was located?

2. What had made Jed's day bad?

3. What gave the illusion of a confined personal area, and how was the effect spoiled?

4. Why had Richard initially begun traveling?

5. Why did Richard's reflection come as quite a shock?

6. What had the Filipino guy that Richard had met taught him about jellyfish?

7. What did all the people that were taken to the beach have in common? Who was the odd person out?

8. What game did the three people play as they swum out to sea? How did Richard feel about the game?

9. What was the problem with the rucksacks and how was it solved?

10. What did Richard realize that he would have to do when he came to the cliffs and the waterfall? What did he imagine when he had looked at the waterfall and the pool beneath?

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