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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Nancy bring up regarding their sex life?
(a) Whether Charlie is still in love with her
(b) Whether Charlie is a good lover
(c) Whether Charlie is interested in sex
(d) Whether Charlie has had an affair

2. What human element do the jets overhead exemplify?
(a) Procreation
(b) Infidelity
(c) Progress
(d) Suspicion

3. How does Nancy's choice in twigs make her husband feel?
(a) He is enraged
(b) He is proud
(c) He is indifferent
(d) He is thrilled

4. What is created in Charlie and Nancy's marriage as a result of miscommunication?
(a) Tension
(b) Anger
(c) Love
(d) Violence

5. What was Charlie testing when he let himself sink down to the bottom of the lake?
(a) How fast he could swim back up to the surface
(b) How much self discipline he had
(c) How strong he was
(d) How long he could stay underwater

6. Which character does the author favor in shedding light on historical events of the 1970s?
(a) Charlie
(b) The Male Lizard
(c) The Female Lizard
(d) Nancy

7. What stage in life are Charlie and Nancy entering?
(a) Retirement
(b) Career
(c) Parenthood
(d) Adulthood

8. What events does the author use the character of Nancy to shed light on?
(a) Critical events of the 1990s
(b) Critical events of the 21st century
(c) Critical events of the 1980s
(d) Critical events of the 1970s

9. What object does the creature peek out behind?
(a) A mound of seaweed
(b) A rock
(c) A cliff
(d) A surfboard

10. During the 1970s, what did women have more of and permission to use it?
(a) Time
(b) Passion
(c) Money
(d) Love

11. What does Nancy hope to infuse her marriage with?
(a) Love
(b) Laughter
(c) Hope
(d) Enthusiasm

12. As the couple argues, what creature appears?
(a) A sandpiper
(b) A giant squid
(c) A lizard
(d) A dolphin

13. What does Nancy and Charlie hope their act will communicate to the lizards as they approach?
(a) Submission
(b) Curiosity
(c) Peacefulness
(d) Defensiveness

14. Describe Nancy's state of mind when the lizards reappear.
(a) Paralyzed
(b) Confused
(c) Crazy
(d) Clear headed

15. How many times during Act 1 does Nancy bring up Charlie's childhood dream of living underwater?
(a) Never
(b) Once
(c) Three times
(d) Twice

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Charlie in the mood for after lunch?

2. How can the state of Charlie and Nancy's marriage be best described?

3. What is Nancy's ideal life?

4. Which character finds a descent size stick?

5. How does Nancy describe her husband at the end of Act 1 while in submission to the lizards?

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