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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: On the Beach at the Ritz - Chapter 2: The Coming of the Iquanas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the man who watches the sun rise in Chapter 1?
(a) Kerans.
(b) Colonel Riggs.
(c) Hardman.
(d) Bodkin.

2. What has turned Kerans' beard white?
(a) Radio-fluorine in the water.
(b) Sun exposure.
(c) Aging.
(d) Chemical experiment.

3. What is the cause of the massive size of fauna?
(a) Melting ice caps.
(b) Birthrate decline.
(c) Migration to the poles.
(d) Increase in global radioactivity.

4. Who asks Kerans for help with a job?
(a) The pilot of the boat.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Macready.
(d) Riggs.

5. What does Beatrice consider her duty?
(a) To follow Riggs Answer.
(b) To convince Kerans to leave.
(c) To take care of the marmosets.
(d) To stay permanently.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kerans approach Beatrice on the rooftop?

2. What is Kerans' observation about the world in the early morning light?

3. After Riggs leaves, what does Beatrice offer Kerans?

4. Where do Kerans and Riggs move to after docking the cutter?

5. Why does Riggs explain that the conditions near the sanctuary will become uninhabitable?

(see the answer key)

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