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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death, Life, A Man Alone, and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Remembering a conversation with his _________ helps Callahan to maintain a more stoic demeanor on his boat.
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Brother.
(d) Father.

2. Maria Galante is the smallest ___________ is the chain and that is where Callahan is finally taken.
(a) Island.
(b) Hut.
(c) City.
(d) Hotel.

3. What does Callahan struggle to release as soon as he finds himself in water waist deep?
(a) His flares.
(b) A box of supplies.
(c) His life raft.
(d) The EPIRB.

4. About a week into the storm, Callahan begins to worry about a ____________ tossing his small ship down a liquid avalanche.
(a) Cyclone.
(b) Hail storm.
(c) Lightning bolt.
(d) Rogue wave.

5. The drying stores of meat in the boat sag down to the floor, causing them to turn rancid because of the _____________.
(a) Position.
(b) Salt.
(c) Moisture.
(d) Weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Callahan turn on his beacon after drinking some of the tainted water? What does he think he hears?

2. What does Callahan drape on the top of his boat in order to help it dry out and to keep the canopy area cool?

3. What does Callahan use from the radar reflector in order to help make a rain collector?

4. Callahan tries to force himself to think ___________ in order to come up with a solution for the leak in his boat.

5. Which is the slowest ocean current that Callahan is following at first, according to his calculations?

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