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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 Strangman react in Chapter 8 to the trio's explanation for their continued residence in the lagoon?
(a) Accepting and understanding.
(b) Uninterested and bored.
(c) Suspicious and dismissive.
(d) Confused and uncertain.

2. How does Kerans know he has journeyed over 150 miles south?
(a) By coming across alligators.
(b) Due to the rise in temperature.
(c) Because of the abundance of berries.
(d) By encountering giant bats.

3. Who reaches Kerans before Riggs does in Chapter 14?
(a) Strangman.
(b) Macready.
(c) Daley.
(d) Beatrice.

4. What is the ship that Strangman shows them in Chapter 8?
(a) A research vessel.
(b) A former casino.
(c) A warship.
(d) A fishing boat.

5. Whom does Strangman introduce as "the Admiral"?
(a) Riggs.
(b) Kerans.
(c) Bodkin.
(d) Another sailor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, how does Strangman convince Kerans to attend the dinner party?

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

3. What does Kerans assume about the emaciated man in Chapter 15?

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

5. What does Kerans accuse Strangman of doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Kerans care for Lieutenant Hardman during the days they spend together?

3. What significance do the albino snakes and lizards hold in relation to Strangman's arrival?

4. What does Kerans discover when he returns to his penthouse room in the hotel?

5. What does Kerans notice about Strangman's skin?

6. Why does Kerans search for the black boxes containing dynamite?

7. How does Kerans react when he realizes the water level in the lagoon is decreasing?

8. What does Kerans see in the old planetarium?

9. Who is carrying a bomb at the dinner party and what happens?

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

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