*20 / QUESTIONS: /1. SEA SERPENT STORIES USUALLY ORIGINATE /(A) AMONG SUPERSTITIOUS PEOPLE /(B) THROUGH PUBLICITY ATTEMPTS /(C) AS JOKES /(D) IN SIGHTING OF SERPENTLIKE CREATURES D /2. THE MOST RECENT SEA SERPENT REPORTED IN THIS / ARTICLE WAS SEEN IN /(A) 1954 /(B) 1955 /(C) 1855 /(D) 1808 B /3. WHAT MESSAGE FOR NEWSPAPER READERS IS CONTAINED IN / THIS SELECTION? /(A) AN EDITORIAL CRITICIZING EXAGGERATED REPORTS OF / SEA SERPENTS /(B) THE FALSE REPORT OF A SEA MONSTER BY A VACATIONING / EDITOR /(C) A COLLECTION OF DIFFERENT LEGENDS OF SEA SNAKES /(D) A DESCRIPTION OF REAL SEA SERPENTS B /4. REPTILES CANNOT LIVE IN DEEP WATER BECAUSE /(A) THEY ARE UNABLE TO SWIM WELL /(B) THEY BREATHE USING LUNGS /(C) THEY CAN NEVER WITHSTAND GREAT WATER PRESSURE /(D) THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THERE B /5. SEA SNAKES ARE FOUND IN /(A) THE ATLANTIC OCEAN /(B) THE SCOTTISH LAKES /(C) THE PANAMA CANAL /(D) THE INDIAN OCEAN D /6. MOST OF THE SEA SERPENTS REPORTED ARE /(A) WHALES /(B) OARFISH /(C) SHARKS /(D) WATER SNAKES B /7. THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WAS /(A) SPENCER BAIRD /(B) COVINGTON SMITH /(C) KEITH MCRAE /(D) JOHN FITCH A /8. SEA SNAKES BELONG TO THE FAMILY OF /(A) BOIDAE /(B) VIPERIDAE /(C) HYDROPHIIDAE /(D) VIVERRIDAE C /9. THE FICTITIOUS SEA SERPENT FOUND IN NEW YORK WAS / ALLEGEDLY KILLED BY /(A) A HARPOON /(B) A RIFLE /(C) A KNIFE /(D) A DEADLY FISHING HOOK A /10. THE FOLLOWING IS NOT A TRUE STATEMENT ABOUT SEA / SNAKES /(A) THEY ARE HARMLESS /(B) THEY ARE FAIRLY SMALL /(C) THEY DO NOT COME ASHORE /(D) THEY GROUP TOGETHER A