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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?
(a) The four men on the boat dive into the sea and swim toward shore.
(b) Another man joins him in waving.
(c) The four men on the boat cry.
(d) He never returns.

2. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?
(a) Death.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Home.
(d) Food.

3. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?
(a) That they are already dead.
(b) That saving them is hopeless.
(c) That they are an illusion.
(d) That they are simply out for sport.

4. What do the men need both the oiler and correspondent's strength for in Part 6?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Rowing to shore.
(c) Swimming to shore while carrying the cook.
(d) Protecting the captain.

5. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) A bonfire to light their way.
(b) The lighthouse shining on them.
(c) Their families waving to them.
(d) An omnibus full of people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?

2. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?

3. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?

4. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?

5. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

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