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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kerans see in his dream while looking at the lagoon?
(a) All of his friends are celebrating.
(b) Giant tornado storms, big insects, and fires.
(c) Gun fire, people fighting, warfare.
(d) Swirling clouds of gas, eels and snakes, and big roaring lizards.

2. What task does Kerans undertake after visiting Beatrice?
(a) Searching for Lieutenant Hardman.
(b) Building a makeshift boat.
(c) Repairing the helicopter.
(d) Fixing her generator.

3. Who asks Kerans for help with a job?
(a) The pilot of the boat.
(b) Beatrice.
(c) Macready.
(d) Riggs.

4. What is the purpose of these "freebooters" in the lagoons?
(a) To conduct scientific research for government officials.
(b) To pillage the drowned cities.
(c) To study alligators.
(d) To find new land to occupy.

5. How do the men react when Hardman walks away from the courtyard?
(a) They follow him immediately.
(b) They give up and return to base.
(c) They call for reinforcements.
(d) They wait for a cutter to arrive.

6. Why does Bodkin raise the temperature in Hardman's room?
(a) To replicate a Triassic climate.
(b) To alleviate insomnia.
(c) To induce nightmares.
(d) To conduct an experiment.

7. Where do Kerans and Bodkin go after leaving the base?
(a) Armory.
(b) Laboratory.
(c) Cutter.
(d) Sick-bay.

8. What does Kerans realize about Hardman's knowledge?
(a) He is aware of the imminent departure.
(b) He is unaware of the imminent departure.
(c) He is plotting against Kerans.
(d) He is planning to leave secretly.

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

10. In Chapter 7, how long has it been since Riggs and his men departed?
(a) Several years.
(b) Several weeks.
(c) Several days.
(d) Several months.

11. What does Bodkin congratulate Kerans on?
(a) Having a biopsychic dream.
(b) Experiencing the fata morgana.
(c) Surviving the nightmare.
(d) Remembering ancient memories.

12. Who arrives at the landing stage in a converted landing craft?
(a) Kerans.
(b) Macready.
(c) Beatrice.
(d) Riggs.

13. What natural phenomenon does Kerans observe below from his balcony?
(a) Sandstorms.
(b) Tornadoes.
(c) Eruptions.
(d) Earthquakes.

14. What does Bodkin suggest about the high temperatures and radiation?
(a) They are decreasing species diversity.
(b) They are increasing birthrates.
(c) They are affecting biological memory.
(d) They are causing nightmares.

15. What does Kerans deduce about the men who arrived at the lagoon in Chapter 7?
(a) They are government officials.
(b) They are scientists.
(c) They are freebooters.
(d) They are tourists.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does Kerans see from across the water?

2. How does Kerans describe Riggs after he leaves the room?

3. What are the men using the alligators for in Chapter 7?

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

5. What does Bodkin warn Kerans about regarding the iguanas?

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