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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What realization dawns on Kerans when the helicopter turns?
(a) Riggs is leaving them behind.
(b) They forgot something at the base.
(c) Bodkin is injured.
(d) They are the only ones remaining.

2. 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.

3. What task does Kerans undertake after visiting Beatrice?
(a) Repairing the helicopter.
(b) Fixing her generator.
(c) Building a makeshift boat.
(d) Searching for Lieutenant Hardman.

4. What disturbs Kerans when they wait in the courtyard?
(a) The heat.
(b) Voices of iguanas.
(c) The crashed helicopter.
(d) Hardman's disappearance.

5. In Chapter 6, what do Kerans and Bodkin do at the pier?
(a) Retrieve kerosene drums.
(b) Board a helicopter.
(c) Secure Beatrice's penthouse.
(d) Untie ropes from the testing station.

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

7. Where was Bodkin born?
(a) The testing station.
(b) London.
(c) Terminal Lagoon.
(d) Riggs's quarters.

8. What does Bodkin reveal to Kerans about the city they are in?
(a) It was once inhabited by lizards.
(b) Its name is London.
(c) It is being affected by rising temperatures.
(d) It is called Terminal Lagoon.

9. What does Bodkin warn Kerans about regarding the iguanas?
(a) He may encounter them again.
(b) They may possess unusual abilities.
(c) They may attack him.
(d) They may lead him to Hardman.

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

11. What task do Kerans and Bodkin perform at the base?
(a) Cleaning the living quarters.
(b) Packing their belongings.
(c) Final check of the laboratory.
(d) Repairing the helicopter.

12. Why does Riggs explain that the conditions near the sanctuary will become uninhabitable?
(a) Iguana over-population.
(b) Melting ice caps.
(c) Birthrate decline.
(d) Global radioactivity.

13. In Chapter 3, where does Kerans head after returning to the cutter?
(a) Sick-bay.
(b) Armory.
(c) Laboratory.
(d) Base.

14. How does Kerans describe the temperature inside the ward?
(a) Incredibly hot.
(b) Unusually cold.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Moderate.

15. What realization does Kerans have while talking to Beatrice?
(a) He should have already left.
(b) They will stay permanently if Riggs leaves.
(c) Riggs is staying permanently.
(d) He should leave with Riggs.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of Riggs's men are affected by the dreams, according to Bodkin?

2. Who flags down some of the men in Chapter 7?

3. What do Kerans and Bodkin place on the roof of the penthouse?

4. Whom does Kerans consider speaking to about his nightmare?

5. Who tells Kerans about the plans for departure?

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