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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What worries Kerans about leading the remaining trio?
(a) Whether they will listen to him.
(b) Whether he can inspire confidence.
(c) Their lack of communication devices.
(d) Their lack of supplies.

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

3. Where does Kerans go after escaping the caiman?
(a) Beatrice's doorstep.
(b) Bodkin's doorstep.
(c) His catamaran.
(d) The testing station.

4. What is the name of the man who watches the sun rise in Chapter 1?
(a) Hardman.
(b) Colonel Riggs.
(c) Bodkin.
(d) Kerans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kerans contemplate stealing from the armoury?

2. What is Kerans’ profession?

3. What natural phenomenon does Kerans observe below from his balcony?

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

5. Who arrives at the landing stage in a converted landing craft?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who yells out of the door of a helicopter to Beatrice and Kerans and what does he say?

2. What does the conversation between Riggs and Kerans reveal about their roles and concerns in this changing world?

3. What is the significance of the arrival of the hydroplane and the destruction caused by the ships in the lagoon?

4. What eats Kerans’ catamaran and why?

5. What does Kerans dream about?

6. How is the earth portrayed differently in this book?

7. How does Kerans escape the caiman and reach Beatrice's doorstep?

8. How did the geophysical upheavals impact Earth's climate and the distribution of life?

9. Which character is shot and injured by Hardman and how did it happen?

10. What is the significance of their dreams as a meeting ground?

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