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

2. Who arrives at the landing stage in a converted landing craft?
(a) Kerans.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Riggs.
(d) Macready.

3. What has turned Kerans' beard white?
(a) Chemical experiment.
(b) Sun exposure.
(c) Radio-fluorine in the water.
(d) Aging.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What task do Kerans and Bodkin perform at the base?

2. How does Kerans feel as he toys with the compass?

3. How does Kerans describe the temperature inside the ward?

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

5. How does Riggs attempt to communicate with Kerans and Beatrice?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the massive, Triassic-sized insects buzzing past Kerans as he stands on the balcony?

2. What scientific idea does Bodkin propose?

3. What does Kerans dream about?

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

5. Why does Kerans hesitate to leave the comfort of his hotel suite on this particular day?

6. Who is Lieutenant Hardman?

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

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

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

10. Who suddenly disappears and why?

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