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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Charlie feel about having to explain so much to the lizards?
(a) Angered
(b) Impatient
(c) Intrigued
(d) Unamused

2. How does Nancy feel about her husband's insensitivity when he asks Sarah personal questions?
(a) Entitled
(b) Outraged
(c) Indifferent
(d) Joyful

3. Which combination of lizards and humans are comfortable with each other right away?
(a) Charlie and Sarah
(b) Leslie and Nancy
(c) Sarah and Charlie
(d) Nancy and Sarah

4. What happens to the two men as a result of Leslie not conceding to Sarah's desires?
(a) They stop speaking to each other
(b) A verbal attack
(c) They swim in the ocean
(d) A physical attack

5. What concept confuses Leslie and Sarah and threatens to create a problem?
(a) Religion
(b) Unfaithfulness
(c) Exclusivity
(d) Children

6. According to Nancy and Charlie, when do humans stop child rearing?
(a) It's a lifelong commitment
(b) When a child is married
(c) When a chid is prepared to take care of themselves
(d) When a child has another child

7. What does Sarah begin to do now that she is angry?
(a) Sarah runs to Leslie for support
(b) Sarah runs away
(c) Sarah throws a punch
(d) Sarah cries

8. After the discussion of love, what does the topic turn to?
(a) Family
(b) Sex
(c) Divorce
(d) Unfaithfulness

9. What does that author want the audience to pay the most attention to?
(a) Important reproductive issues
(b) Important biological issues
(c) Important domestic issues
(d) Important social issues

10. What do the lizards think about the gestation period of human reproduction?
(a) It's unnecessary
(b) It's uncomfortable
(c) It's short
(d) It's long

11. What does Nancy want so desperately that she will entertain a friendship from another species?
(a) Love
(b) Sex
(c) Understanding
(d) Interaction

12. What does Charlie try to explain to Leslie is the difference between their search for a mate?
(a) Humans look for love
(b) Lizards are more simple
(c) Humans are immature
(d) Lizards look for love

13. What simple act is even challenging between the lizards and the humans?
(a) Making a sand castle
(b) Shaking hands
(c) Swimming
(d) Walking

14. What is the name of the male lizard?
(a) Leslie
(b) Charlie
(c) Larry
(d) Lewis

15. What does Nancy explain to Sarah as she looks up to the sky?
(a) The concept of flight
(b) The concept of a cloud
(c) The concept of the moon
(d) The concept of precipitation

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nancy explain is the reason that parents keep children besides rearing?

2. What is the primary reason the lizards feel they have to leave the sea?

3. How does Charlie feel as the lizards approach?

4. How many eggs does Sarah reveal she and Leslie have produced?

5. What do the lizards first do to Charlie and Nancy?

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