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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Callahan decide to use as a tip for his spear in order to fix the spear he has had for the duration of the trip?
(a) Paperclip.
(b) Butter knife.
(c) A pocket knife.
(d) Pen.

2. What does Callahan lose as the raft begins to swirl around in a circle as he is attempting to navigate?
(a) Precious time.
(b) His sextant.
(c) The solar still.
(d) The map.

3. What does Callahan catch, despite his weakness from the vomiting after drinking the water?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Shark.
(c) Shrimp.
(d) Triggerfish.

4. What was the name of Callahan's ex-wife, who he remembers on what would have been another wedding anniversary?
(a) Anna.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Frisha.
(d) Marie.

5. What does Callahan use in order to try to fix the breach in the life raft as caused by the fish?
(a) A shoe.
(b) Tape.
(c) Foam.
(d) Sponge.

6. What has become a frozen lump of rust, not very effective for signalling to passing ships?
(a) His flare gun.
(b) Callahan himself.
(c) The space blanket.
(d) The Harpoon gun.

7. Callahan realizes that his ___________ is fragile at his point of the trip but he banishes the doubt from his mind.
(a) Boat.
(b) Faith.
(c) Health.
(d) Emotional state.

8. When Callahan finds a strange mass in the ocean, he dines on the small __________ and shrimp which are located there.
(a) Crabs.
(b) Mussels.
(c) Flounders.
(d) Birds.

9. Callahan sees the tragic waste of life and the tragic waste of food as ______________ for the day and the trip.
(a) Sins.
(b) A bad omen.
(c) Reality.
(d) Unnecessary.

10. Callahan decides that the ______________ is the best way for him to catch fish on the boat, despite other method attempts.
(a) Net.
(b) Boat.
(c) Spear gun.
(d) Trap.

11. What does a fish bite into, causing water to drain back out to sea, according to the observations of Callahan?
(a) Distillation bag.
(b) The outer tube.
(c) The bottom of the boat.
(d) The inner tube.

12. What does Callahan decide to use in order to fix up the hole that continues to blow out in his boat?
(a) Fork.
(b) Nothing.
(c) His finger.
(d) Tape.

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

14. Which of the tubes in the life raft begins to deflate as a result of the fish's actions on the side of the boat?
(a) Lower.
(b) Starboard.
(c) Upper.
(d) Aft.

15. What is the source of the flash that Callahan sees when he wakes up in the middle of the night on April 20th?
(a) Flare gun.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Lighthouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is suddenly mixed in with the water Callahan has been trying to collect in the canopy?

2. The __________ keeps slumping over, causing Callahan to have to blow it up every ten or fifteen minutes.

3. What has atrophied so severely that Callahan is unable to keep himself upright?

4. When Callahan looks at his sextant, he decides that he is too far __________ in his journey's plans.

5. What is Callahan careful not to mistake a static cloud for in the distance as he is sailing out in the sea?

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