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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. Remembering a conversation with his _________ helps Callahan to maintain a more stoic demeanor on his boat.
(a) Sister.
(b) Father.
(c) Brother.
(d) Mother.

2. About a week into the storm, Callahan begins to worry about a ____________ tossing his small ship down a liquid avalanche.
(a) Cyclone.
(b) Rogue wave.
(c) Hail storm.
(d) Lightning bolt.

3. Training and __________ take over when Callahan is getting himself ready to move to the life raft.
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Panic.
(d) Strength.

4. Why doesn't anyone on the freighter that Callahan spots see that he is signaling them to see him?
(a) No one is on deck.
(b) His flare gun doesn't work.
(c) It is moving too quickly.
(d) He's not been reported missing.

5. What doesn't the Italian vessel respond to when Callahan passes it during the course of the race?
(a) Flares.
(b) EPIRB.
(c) Hails.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Callahan struggle to release as soon as he finds himself in water waist deep?

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

3. How many men are supposedly able to fit inside of the life raft Callahan now inhabits?

4. While the new contraption Callahan has made with the gun works, the __________ he catches is almost lost to the water in a struggle.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one of the signs that the life raft Callahan is using for survival is not holding air as well as it used to?

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

3. How does Callahan get the supplies he needs as he moves to his new location in the life raft?

4. What is the problem of the choices which Callahan continues to make as he faces the problems of surviving in the boat?

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

6. Why does Callahan decide to eat more of the herbivore fish than the Dorado fish?

7. How does Callahan decide to ease his digestion as the lack of bowel movements are becoming uncomfortable and upsetting to him?

8. Why is it important for the harpoon gun to have a strap on it, according to Callahan?

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

10. What happened as a result of Callahan's readings of Tinkerbell when he was a child?

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