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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Kerans take a compass from the armory?
(a) He plans to navigate through unfamiliar territory.
(b) He wants to measure the Earth's magnetic field.
(c) He intends to trade it for something valuable.
(d) He wants to find his way back to the base.

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

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

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

6. What has turned the temperate regions of Europe into a flooded tropic?
(a) Melting ice caps.
(b) Massive geophysical upheavals.
(c) Shifts in global landmasses.
(d) Increase in global radioactivity.

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

8. What does Kerans feel drawn to do in his dream?
(a) Step into the lagoon.
(b) Leave the testing station.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Approach Bodkin.

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

10. How does Riggs attempt to communicate with Kerans and Beatrice?
(a) Writing a letter.
(b) Shouting into a megaphone.
(c) Using hand signals.
(d) Sending a text message.

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

12. What do Kerans and Bodkin place on the roof of the penthouse?
(a) Furniture and appliances.
(b) Helicopter landing pads.
(c) Ropes and pulleys.
(d) Kerosene drums.

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

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

15. How does Kerans suggest dealing with the men on the paddleboat?
(a) Reporting them to the authorities.
(b) Fighting them off with weapons.
(c) Ignoring them and staying hidden.
(d) Helping them to leave sooner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Bodkin raise the temperature in Hardman's room?

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

3. What interrupts the quiet of the lagoon one morning in Chapter 7?

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

5. Who is playing with marmosets at the testing center?

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