2. What did Richard just accept about the Beach?
(a) Assimilation.
(b) Rice.
(c) Neither of these things.
(d) Both of these things.

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

4. What kind of salad did Richard order?
(a) A Fig salad.
(b) A mango salad.
(c) A Caesar salad.
(d) A Greek salad.

5. What did this person toss to the main character?
(a) A lit joint.
(b) A lit cigarette.
(c) A lit cigar.
(d) He didn't toss anything.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was charming about Etienne's response?

3. What is the guy's record with Tetris?

4. What nationality did the main character guess the man was that spoke of the beach?

5. What was the size of the stones?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the two ways that Richard could get to the garden? Which route did Richard take and why?

2. What conveyed a sense or normalcy to Richard when he had woken up?

3. Why had things become awkward between Richard and the French couple?

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

5. Why had Richard initially begun traveling?

6. 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?

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

8. How was it that Sal was the leader?

9. What had made Jed's day bad?

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

(see the answer keys)

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