The Open Boat | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Part 1

1. What is being rocked as the novel opens?

2. What do the waves threaten to do?

3. Who is present at the opening of the novel?

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

5. Why do the men row?

6. What is the boat comparable to in size?

7. What idea seems optimistic at best?

8. Who bails water from the boat?

9. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?

10. Who is injured?

11. What does the captain do in Part 1?

12. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?

13. Who...
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