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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. Where do Kerans and Riggs move to after docking the cutter?
(a) Testing center.
(b) Apartment complex.
(c) Poolside.
(d) Rooftop.

2. What does Kerans tell Bodkin about his departure plans?
(a) He will be leaving with Riggs.
(b) He is uncertain about leaving.
(c) He is considering going south.
(d) He wants to explore the lagoon further.

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

4. Who tells Kerans about the plans for departure?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Riggs.
(c) Macready.
(d) Bodkin.

5. Who does Kerans inform about the voices of the iguanas?
(a) Riggs.
(b) Bodkin.
(c) Macready.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kerans describe Riggs after he leaves the room?

2. In Chapter 2, what does Kerans see from across the water?

3. What is their destination as Kerans and Bodkin move through the lagoon?

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

5. What is the condition in Beatrice's quarters when Kerans visits her?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kerans perceive his role after realizing the others are gone?

2. Can you describe the “flooded city” in the novel?

3. How does the novel address themes of environmental destruction and climate change?

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

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

6. What scientific idea does Bodkin propose?

7. What object does Kerans take from the armory and why?

8. Why do the freebooters inspect the buildings in the lagoon?

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

10. Who suddenly disappears and why?

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