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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Kerans's catamaran?
(a) It sinks due to a leak.
(b) It is struck by lightning.
(c) It is stolen by pirates.
(d) It drifts away and gets destroyed by alligators.

2. Who arrives at the landing stage in a converted landing craft?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Macready.
(c) Kerans.
(d) Riggs.

3. In Chapter 6, who does Kerans consider himself to be now?
(a) The caretaker.
(b) The leader.
(c) The observer.
(d) The technician.

4. What does Kerans see in his dream while looking at the lagoon?
(a) Gun fire, people fighting, warfare.
(b) All of his friends are celebrating.
(c) Swirling clouds of gas, eels and snakes, and big roaring lizards.
(d) Giant tornado storms, big insects, and fires.

5. What problem does Riggs ask Kerans to help him with?
(a) Moving the testing station.
(b) Convincing Beatrice to leave.
(c) Packing up and leaving.
(d) Fixing the landing craft.

6. Who does Kerans inform about the voices of the iguanas?
(a) Macready.
(b) Bodkin.
(c) Riggs.
(d) Beatrice.

7. What does Bodkin attribute the dreams to?
(a) Enormous lizards.
(b) Biopsychic memories.
(c) Rising temperatures.
(d) Imagination.

8. What does Kerans deduce about the men who arrived at the lagoon in Chapter 7?
(a) They are tourists.
(b) They are scientists.
(c) They are freebooters.
(d) They are government officials.

9. What natural phenomenon does Kerans observe below from his balcony?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Earthquakes.
(c) Sandstorms.
(d) Eruptions.

10. What interrupts the quiet of the lagoon one morning in Chapter 7?
(a) A rumbling earthquake.
(b) A roar of a hydroplane.
(c) The sound of a thunderstorm.
(d) A flock of birds.

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

12. Why does Kerans approach Beatrice on the rooftop?
(a) To convince her to leave.
(b) To ask for a drink.
(c) To invite her for a swim.
(d) To discuss the weather.

13. What happens to the helicopter in the pursuit of Hardman?
(a) It safely returns to base.
(b) It runs out of fuel and lands.
(c) It crashes into a courthouse.
(d) It gets shot down by Hardman.

14. How do the men react when Hardman walks away from the courtyard?
(a) They give up and return to base.
(b) They follow him immediately.
(c) They call for reinforcements.
(d) They wait for a cutter to arrive.

15. What is Beatrice's reflection on Riggs?
(a) He is resourceful.
(b) He is easily influenced.
(c) He is a good leader.
(d) He lacks adaptability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What realization does Kerans have while talking to Beatrice?

2. Who catches Kerans and Riggs eyeing her in a bikini?

3. What is their destination as Kerans and Bodkin move through the lagoon?

4. What realization dawns on Kerans when the helicopter turns?

5. What does Bodkin suggest about the high temperatures and radiation?

(see the answer keys)

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