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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is suddenly mixed in with the water Callahan has been trying to collect in the canopy?
(a) Oily black liquid.
(b) A dusty powder.
(c) Green clouds.
(d) Orange particles.

2. What does Callahan use in order to create a makeshift sextant in order to plot his course?
(a) Tape.
(b) Rubber bands.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Wire.

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

4. What is Callahan careful not to mistake a static cloud for in the distance as he is sailing out in the sea?
(a) A fish.
(b) A person.
(c) A mountain range.
(d) A bag of trash.

5. Once the temperatures have turned warm, Callahan has no more fears of ___________ taking hold at night.
(a) Bad dreams.
(b) Insomnia.
(c) Hypothermia.
(d) Sharks.

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

7. From what besides the radar reflector does Callahan take the remnants in order to help make a crude rain collector?
(a) His book.
(b) The solar still.
(c) His clothing.
(d) The emergency kit.

8. What decides to loiter around the boat, causing Callahan to have troubles sleeping one night while he is already thirst and depressed?
(a) A shark.
(b) A freighter.
(c) A friendly dolphin.
(d) A loud storm.

9. Callahan watches from a distance as __________ bring fresh water to the ocean, although he can not get to it.
(a) Clouds.
(b) Storms.
(c) Birds.
(d) Fishes.

10. How does Callahan continue to work at night, even though the darkness prevents him from seeing what he is doing?
(a) He doesn't work at night.
(b) Superior night vision.
(c) A flashlight on his head.
(d) Instinct.

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

12. What Callahan did not know is that the Coast Guard did not list the Napoleon Solo as __________ since another ship was found.
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Present.
(c) Lost.
(d) Missing.

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

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) Upper.
(b) Lower.
(c) Aft.
(d) Starboard.

15. Callahan tries to force himself to think ___________ in order to come up with a solution for the leak in his boat.
(a) Abstractly.
(b) Physically.
(c) Rationally.
(d) Emotionally.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Callahan do with the space blanket? What does he decide to use it for now?

2. What does Callahan first hear as he prepares to make a difficult landing against the shore?

3. On what island does Callahan realize he has come to as he meets the fishermen in the boat?

4. Callahan answers a number of questions of the __________ consul before finally getting some rest in the hospital.

5. Who corrects the issue with the Napoleon Solo's mistaken label which allows the search to continue?

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