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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the light by which Callahan eats when he successfully traps another dorado fish?
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Green.
(d) Red.

2. Callahan realizes too that he is beginning to be unable to taste the _________ in the water.
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Poison.
(c) Fish.
(d) Salt.

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

4. Callahan imagines that someday his ex-wife might dine upon a __________ which fed upon his corpse.
(a) Sea urchin.
(b) Fish.
(c) Bear.
(d) Mussel.

5. What remained inflated with the new sticky gum fix that Callahan comes up with during his ill state?
(a) The lower tube.
(b) The inner tube.
(c) The upper tube.
(d) Solar still.

6. Callahan believes that the water traffic will begin to pick up once he gets on the belt between Brazil and __________.
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Cozumel.
(c) Florida.
(d) The Andes.

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

8. What does Callahan do with the space blanket? What does he decide to use it for now?
(a) Water catching.
(b) A solar still.
(c) A fishing net.
(d) A pillow.

9. The __________ keeps slumping over, causing Callahan to have to blow it up every ten or fifteen minutes.
(a) Still.
(b) Bed.
(c) Sail.
(d) Canopy

10. Later, Callahan accidentally punches a hole in the ___________ of the boat, although he fixes it quickly.
(a) Top.
(b) Side.
(c) Tube.
(d) Floor.

11. Callahan decides it is his __________ which allows him to survive in the boat and in the world.
(a) Experience.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Reason.
(d) Truth.

12. What does Callahan realize he might need to do in order to hydrate himself if he can not get fresh water?
(a) Drink his reserves.
(b) Swim to shore.
(c) Soak in the ocean.
(d) A saltwater enema.

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

14. Callahan answers a number of questions of the __________ consul before finally getting some rest in the hospital.
(a) British.
(b) American.
(c) Indian.
(d) Local.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Callahan lose as the raft begins to swirl around in a circle as he is attempting to navigate?

2. Callahan's attention begins to be split between the _________ and the horizon as his situation grows ever more desperate.

3. Maria Galante is the smallest ___________ is the chain and that is where Callahan is finally taken.

4. Callahan even creates a contraption which might collect drinking water from the ______________.

5. Where does Callahan want to go in order to get his mail before he flies back to Maine?

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