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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. What issue does Kerans argue with Riggs about in Chapter 13?
(a) The re-flooding of the lagoon.
(b) The timing of Riggs' arrival.
(c) The necessity of upholding the law.
(d) Strangman's punishment.

2. What does Kerans connect his near-death experience in Chapter 9 with?
(a) Strangman's perilous journey southward.
(b) Hardman's suicidal venture southward.
(c) The exploration of submerged structures.
(d) Beatrice and Bodkin's near-death encounters.

3. Where does Kerans believe Lieutenant Hardman has gone?
(a) South of the lagoons.
(b) Into the jungle.
(c) North of the lagoons.
(d) Across the silt flats.

4. How do Beatrice and Bodkin explain Kerans' near-drowning?
(a) Strangman bears no responsibility.
(b) It was an unintentional accident.
(c) Kerans formed a different theory.
(d) Kerans deliberately anchored the line too deep.

5. What realization dawns on Kerans when the helicopter turns?
(a) Riggs is leaving them behind.
(b) They forgot something at the base.
(c) They are the only ones remaining.
(d) Bodkin is injured.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kerans' observation about the world in the early morning light?

2. How does Kerans describe the temperature inside the ward?

3. Where was Bodkin born?

4. Why does Riggs explain that the conditions near the sanctuary will become uninhabitable?

5. Why did Riggs decide to turn back and return?

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