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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. How does Kerans attend to Hardman during their time together?
(a) Teaching him how to shoot and hunt.
(b) Feeding him and giving him medicine.
(c) Having a long talk with him.
(d) Keeping him near the fire.

2. What happens to Kerans inside the planetarium in Chapter 9?
(a) He explores the warm water.
(b) He loses consciousness.
(c) He communicates with Strangman.
(d) He discovers valuable objects.

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

4. What does Kerans encounter while following the lagoons southwards?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Giant bats.
(c) Alligators.
(d) Jaguars.

5. Why are signs of human-made structures becoming more and more scarce in the south?
(a) They have been demolished by storms.
(b) The rising silt and vegetation have engulfed them.
(c) They have been relocated to other areas.
(d) Humans have abandoned them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13, whose presence did Kerans unintentionally overlook?

2. How does Bodkin describe the value of the pillaged statuary in Chapter 8?

3. How does Kerans keep track of the passage of days?

4. What does Kerans do when Hardman departs?

5. What is the ship that Strangman shows them in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Kerans do after the explosion and what does he say to Beatrice?

2. How does Kerans react when Sergeant Macready spots him and the dynamite?

3. What does Strangman give Beatrice?

4. After the bomb fizzles out, how does Strangman react?

5. How does Kerans perceive Strangman and what unsettles him about him?

6. How does Kerans react when he stumbles upon the remains of a small temple?

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

8. What is Strangman doing during the two weeks Kerans watches him?

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

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

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