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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 is the most widely understood word in the world?
(a) No.
(b) Coke.
(c) Yes.
(d) Okay.

2. What were the names of the people that Richard met?
(a) Sam and Zeph.
(b) Sean and Zack.
(c) Zeph and Sammy.
(d) Zack and Sammy.

3. Why shouldn't Richard look down?
(a) He will feel sick.
(b) He might fall in.
(c) He will get dizzy.
(d) He will be unable to walk when they land.

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

5. What was the first thing that Richard did when he got into his hut?
(a) Examined his face.
(b) Had a shower.
(c) Changed his clothes.
(d) Went to the bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year was this character in Vietnam?

2. What kind of person was the group looking for to ferry them close to the beach?

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

4. What did Richard plan to share with Etienne and Keaty?

5. Where had Mr. Duck been sprinting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the cue for Richard to call it a night?

2. What had been Richards primary goal when he had started traveling? What were his goals, specifically?

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

4. What was the purpose of the lashed together branches?

5. Why did Richard feel as though he was governed by someone else in retrospect?

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

7. Why did Richard keep an open mind when it came to Jed?

8. What had guaranteed that Richard would get batteries, and how had it come to pass?

9. How did Richard feel about his parting from the two Americans the last time?

10. Why couldn't tourists visit the national parks?

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