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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Beatrice and Bodkin explain Kerans' near-drowning?
(a) Kerans formed a different theory.
(b) Strangman bears no responsibility.
(c) It was an unintentional accident.
(d) Kerans deliberately anchored the line too deep.

2. Why does Kerans accuse Strangman of intentionally drowning him?
(a) Kerans' error in anchoring the line too deep.
(b) Strangman's desire to harm him.
(c) Beatrice and Bodkin's explanations.
(d) Strangman's alternative theory.

3. How does Kerans depict the streets below in Chapter 13?
(a) A decaying and lifeless realm.
(b) An undiscovered paradise.
(c) A place with untapped potential.
(d) A vibrant and thriving world.

4. Why does Kerans choose to move under the cover of the jungle?
(a) To find more berries.
(b) To seek shelter from the storm.
(c) To locate evidence of human habitation.
(d) To hide from wildlife.

5. What does Kerans assume about the emaciated man in Chapter 15?
(a) He is injured.
(b) He is dead.
(c) He is lost.
(d) He is blind.

6. IN Chapter 9, what captures Strangman's interest in the lagoon?
(a) The hidden treasures.
(b) The peculiar planetarium.
(c) The submerged structures.
(d) Kerans and Bodkin's jokes.

7. How does Bodkin describe the value of the pillaged statuary in Chapter 8?
(a) Historically significant.
(b) Worthless.
(c) Artistically impressive.
(d) Valuable.

8. What does Hardman call Kerans in Chapter 15?
(a) Survivor.
(b) Friend.
(c) Hero.
(d) Soldier.

9. What happens, in Chapter 12, when the cart carrying the throne crashes into a building?
(a) Kerans is thrown into the silt.
(b) The crew flees into the night.
(c) Strangman declares Neptune's defeat.
(d) Kerans manages to escape.

10. Who spots Kerans while he plants the explosives?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Riggs.
(c) Macready.
(d) Daley.

11. What does Kerans accuse Strangman of doing?
(a) Reviving the dead.
(b) Manipulating the authorities.
(c) Conspiring against Riggs.
(d) Breathing life into a lifeless body.

12. What is Kerans's opinion of Strangman after the tour?
(a) Fascinated and intrigued.
(b) Indifferent and neutral.
(c) Disgusted and distasteful.
(d) Impressed and awed.

13. How does Kerans free himself from the throne in Chapter 12?
(a) The crew loosens the ties holding him.
(b) Beatrice assists him in untying the knots.
(c) One of the arms of the throne breaks, enabling his movement.
(d) He finds a tool in the abandoned arcade to help him.

14. What does Kerans see when he peers over the ship's edge in Chapter 10?
(a) A spectacular fireworks display.
(b) The water level rapidly decreasing.
(c) The barnacled wrecks of the former city square.
(d) Strangman issuing commands to his crew.

15. What happens to the weather the day after Kerans reaches the shore?
(a) There is a gentle breeze.
(b) It becomes extremely hot.
(c) The sky clears up.
(d) Storm clouds move overhead.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kerans sustain an injury in Chapter 14?

2. What does Kerans notice about Strangman's appearance?

3. How does Strangman entice the trio to leave their seclusion in Chapter 9?

4. What does Kerans observe in the submerged streets in Chapter 9?

5. How does Kerans attend to Hardman during their time together?

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