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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Callahan do in order to get himself ready for the worsening storm before going to bed?
(a) Nothing.
(b) He gathers extra water.
(c) He signals for help.
(d) An inspection.

2. What does Callahan wake to find in his boat when he decides to get some sleep during the storm?
(a) A broken solar still.
(b) Water in the boat.
(c) Another sailor.
(d) A shark in the boat.

3. Callahan begins to appreciate how much better suited the local ____________ are to the area.
(a) Fish life.
(b) People.
(c) Birdlife.
(d) Plant life.

4. What gives Callahan barely enough room to sit upright in the raft, let alone stretch out his full body?
(a) A sail.
(b) The sides.
(c) The mast.
(d) Tent like canopy.

5. Callahan becomes _________ at the sight of his lost boat and his lost dream, it seems.
(a) Depressed.
(b) Focused.
(c) Angry.
(d) Determined.

Short Answer Questions

1. Callahan begins to ponder all of the __________ that he did not bring with him on the life raft.

2. What revives Callahan during his moment of health crisis when he is cleaning a dorado on the boat?

3. What does Callahan feel are now exposed since he has lost his boat and all of its security?

4. What is in the triggerfish that Callahan finds, which adds to the nutrition he is able to enjoy?

5. About a week into the storm, Callahan begins to worry about a ____________ tossing his small ship down a liquid avalanche.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Callahan do when he finally catches a triggerfish to eat when on the boat?

2. Why does Callahan decide to grab supplies as his ship is going down, aside to aid him in survival?

3. What happens as a result of Callahan fixing up the holes in his raft as he is sailing along in the water?

4. What is the fear that Callahan has when he begins to think he has reached the shipping lanes in the ocean?

5. What has happened to the electrics in the Napoleon Solo, according to the notes of Callahan?

6. How does Callahan decide to prove to himself that he can fulfill his dream to cross the ocean during his life time?

7. Describe the new vessel which Callahan needs to use after his beloved Napoleon Solo sinks.

8. What are some of the leisure activities Callahan indulges in when he is on the Napoleon Solo?

9. What does Callahan begin to document in order to calculate the odds of his own survival?

10. Where does the sinking of the Napoleon Solo take place, according to Callahan's calculations?

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