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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cries and Whispers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What revives Callahan during his moment of health crisis when he is cleaning a dorado on the boat?
(a) A ray of sunshine.
(b) A prayer.
(c) A passing boat.
(d) A rogue wave.

2. Callahan is plagued by ________ and loss at all of the items he was not able to bring with him on the raft.
(a) Grief.
(b) Guilt.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Shame.

3. What helps to restore the good spirits and the energy to Callahan after a few days of suffering?
(a) A cloudy and cool day.
(b) A clear sky.
(c) The book he has on board.
(d) Dorado fish.

4. What does Callahan eat the last of after the soup that he makes, though he is still realizes he is malnourished?
(a) Water chestnuts.
(b) An apple.
(c) Raisins.
(d) Caviar.

5. While the new contraption Callahan has made with the gun works, the __________ he catches is almost lost to the water in a struggle.
(a) Shark.
(b) Dorado.
(c) Triggerfish.
(d) Dolphin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the dead of the night, Callahan has to fight off _________ in order to make sure that he is safe and secure in his boat.

2. What did Callahan pack which he felt he had good luck in bringing with him, though he hadn't expected to use it?

3. What does Callahan call 'dangerously capricious' when he is writing down his thoughts in his journal?

4. What has caused all of the sores and boils on Callahan's body as he has been sitting in his life raft?

5. What wakes Callahan up in the middle of the night and in the middle of the storm after he went to bed?

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