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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Callahan estimates that he is eighteen days from ___________ so he rations out his food in order to make it the duration of the trip.
(a) Antigua.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Hawaii.
(d) Montenegro.

3. Callahan's need for __________ completely contradicts his need for food, water, and shelter.
(a) Sleep.
(b) Company.
(c) Activity.
(d) Rescue.

4. Callahan's attention begins to be split between the _________ and the horizon as his situation grows ever more desperate.
(a) Food.
(b) Journal.
(c) Sky.
(d) Water.

5. Which of the knives has snapped off the end of the spearhead, leaving Callahan with a less than effective instrument?
(a) Leather knife.
(b) None of the knives has snapped off.
(c) Both knives.
(d) Butter knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Callahan decides it is his __________ which allows him to survive in the boat and in the world.

2. What is the new color that Callahan can now see when he is looking out onto the horizon?

3. Few people are hopeful that Callahan is alive back home, causing many to _______________.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Callahan try to lure other fish to his boat in order to catch more food for his stockpile?

2. What does Callahan decide he needs to banish from his mind if he is to survive in the boat?

3. How does Callahan attempt to reinforce his cracked spearhead when he attempts to fish the next day after the incident with the dorado?

4. What is the relationship that Callahan suddenly imagines with the dorado fish as they move past his boat?

5. How does Callahan attempt to plot his likely course as he begins to recover from his illness?

6. What happens when the dorado that Callahan tries to catch struggles with him during the process?

7. How had the fishermen come to find Callahan's boat in the water?

8. What does Callahan finally realize about the way a man's life is measured in terms of its worth to others?

9. What happens to the raft as the winds begin to pick up around the raft as Callahan tries to navigate?

10. What is the main problem Callahan's family is having with the Coast Guard in an effort to rescue him from the ocean?

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