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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kerans’ profession?
(a) Captain.
(b) Scientist.
(c) Solider.
(d) Doctor.

2. What does Beatrice point out to Kerans in Chapter 7?
(a) A hidden treasure.
(b) A secret passage.
(c) Bodkin waving from the roof.
(d) The approaching police.

3. Who catches Kerans and Riggs eyeing her in a bikini?
(a) Shirlann.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Bodkin.
(d) Macready.

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

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

6. In Chapter 4, why does Kerans wear clothing to placate Riggs?
(a) To blend in with the rest of the men.
(b) To impress Beatrice.
(c) To protect himself from the heat.
(d) To convince him of Kerans' loyalty.

7. How does Kerans describe Riggs after he leaves the room?
(a) Annoyed by the nightmares.
(b) Uninterested in dreams.
(c) Obedient to reason and logic.
(d) Curious about the Triassic era.

8. How does Beatrice react when Kerans tells her that Riggs and his men will be leaving?
(a) She is excited.
(b) She is confused.
(c) She is nervous.
(d) She is resistant.

9. Why does Bodkin raise the temperature in Hardman's room?
(a) To alleviate insomnia.
(b) To conduct an experiment.
(c) To replicate a Triassic climate.
(d) To induce nightmares.

10. What is the condition in Beatrice's quarters when Kerans visits her?
(a) Unusually humid.
(b) Extremely cold.
(c) Well-ventilated.
(d) Uncomfortably hot.

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

12. 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.

13. After Riggs leaves, what does Beatrice offer Kerans?
(a) A job.
(b) A map.
(c) A drink.
(d) A swimsuit.

14. What are the men using the alligators for in Chapter 7?
(a) Transportation.
(b) Entertainment.
(c) Research.
(d) Portection.

15. Where do Kerans, Riggs, and the others find Hardman?
(a) In an abandoned cinema.
(b) In a flooded village square.
(c) In Beatrice's quarters.
(d) On a catamaran.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What symptom has Hardman been experiencing for the past two months?

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

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

5. What is the name of the man who watches the sun rise in Chapter 1?

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