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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 many air pockets did the two men encounter?
(a) Three total.
(b) Four total.
(c) Five total.
(d) Two total.

2. Why was Richard's travel diary a mistake?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) All he remembered was what he had written down.
(d) He remembered things that he wasn't sure had happened.

3. Who does Richard see all of the time now that they are back in England?
(a) Keaty.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Jed.
(d) Both of these.

4. What made no sense?
(a) Both of these.
(b) That Richard could see stars in the air pocket.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) That Richard could continue to hold his breath.

5. What did Richard and Etienne want?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) To go home.
(d) To leave the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first thing Richard had done after he heard the shots?

2. Which of the Swede's was still missing?

3. What image can Richard clearly recall?

4. Why didn't Jed talk about his detail?

5. What was different about the passage leading to the cave and the one Richard was in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the pool a substitute for?

2. How did it happen that Keaty speared a dead squid?

3. What lie did Richard tell to Christo?

4. How did Richard, Jed, Keaty, Francoise and Etienne get rescued? How did they make do without money?

5. What drew the sharks attention, and how did Richard spear it?

6. What was pissing Sal off and why was Richard doing it?

7. What had Bugs done that made Richard mad?

8. How is it that Richard sees Keaty and Jed so frequently?

9. Why did Richard and Keaty spike the stew and what was the result of this tampering?

10. What was the analogy Richard had made about the Gulf War?

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