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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11: 'The Ballad of Mistah Bones' - Chapter 14: Grand Slam .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Kerans describe the temperature inside the ward?
(a) Incredibly hot.
(b) Unusually cold.
(c) Comfortable.
(d) Moderate.

2. What interrupts the quiet of the lagoon one morning in Chapter 7?
(a) The sound of a thunderstorm.
(b) A roar of a hydroplane.
(c) A flock of birds.
(d) A rumbling earthquake.

3. In Chapter 3, where does Kerans head after returning to the cutter?
(a) Base.
(b) Sick-bay.
(c) Armory.
(d) Laboratory.

4. Who establishes a temporary agreement in Chapter 14?
(a) Strangman and Riggs.
(b) Kerans and Beatrice.
(c) Macready and Daley.
(d) Riggs and Kerans.

5. What happens to Kerans's catamaran?
(a) It is struck by lightning.
(b) It sinks due to a leak.
(c) It is stolen by pirates.
(d) It drifts away and gets destroyed by alligators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What task does Kerans undertake after visiting Beatrice?

2. Where do Kerans, Riggs, and the others find Hardman?

3. What is Beatrice's reflection on Riggs?

4. Why does Bodkin raise the temperature in Hardman's room?

5. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Riggs and his men departed?

(see the answer key)

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