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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 does Kerans think about as he travels south in Chapter 15?
(a) Strangman and Beatrice.
(b) The rising silt and vegetation.
(c) His medical supplies.
(d) Hardman's condition.

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

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

4. What ritual do Strangman and his crew perform around Kerans in Chapter 12?
(a) Setting up bonfires.
(b) Offering food and drink.
(c) Reciting sea-themed poetry.
(d) Singing and drumming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Strangman introduce as "the Admiral"?

2. In Chapter 9, why is Kerans disturbed by Strangman?

3. How does Bodkin respond to Kerans' suggestion of moving south?

4. Who reaches Kerans before Riggs does in Chapter 14?

5. Why does Riggs claim that he cannot arrest Strangman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the lagoon and what does the group see after?

2. How does Kerans' opinion of Strangman change over time?

3. What menacing creature do they encounter, and how do they deal with it?

4. What intrigues Kerans about Strangman's crew and their loyalty?

5. How does the wrecked penthouse suite influence Kerans' perspective and decision-making?

6. Why does Kerans question Riggs about not arresting Strangman?

7. What brings Strangman to the lagoon and why does he invite Kerans to dinner?

8. How does Kerans navigate his journey south and what challenges does he face?

9. How does Kerans manage to escape from being pinned below the inverted throne?

10. What does Strangman give Beatrice?

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