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

2. Maria Galante is the smallest ___________ is the chain and that is where Callahan is finally taken.
(a) Hut.
(b) Hotel.
(c) Island.
(d) City.

3. What does Callahan decide to do when anticipates a trial filled landfall in a few hours?
(a) Turn on the EPIRB.
(b) Get some sleep.
(c) Sing.
(d) Plot his course.

4. Callahan estimates that he is eighteen days from ___________ so he rations out his food in order to make it the duration of the trip.
(a) Antigua.
(b) Barbados.
(c) Montenegro.
(d) Hawaii.

5. Which of the knives has snapped off the end of the spearhead, leaving Callahan with a less than effective instrument?
(a) None of the knives has snapped off.
(b) Butter knife.
(c) Both knives.
(d) Leather knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Callahan decides that the ______________ is the best way for him to catch fish on the boat, despite other method attempts.

2. At dinner, Callahan eats a large amount of ____________ food, surprising everyone with the appetite he has.

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

4. What is Callahan sitting in for days since the boat continues to have problems with taking on water?

5. What does Callahan catch, despite his weakness from the vomiting after drinking the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the three parts in which Callahan decides his mind has been split into as a result of this trip on the sea?

2. What does Callahan do to celebrate the sight of land in the distance?

3. What does Callahan decide he wants to eat when he is in the hospital, refusing other types of nourishment?

4. What is the new source of food that Callahan finds which he has not seen in a while on his journey?

5. What is able to help Callahan replenish his water supply for a bit while the stills continue to be temperamental?

6. What does Callahan decide he needs to banish from his mind if he is to survive in the boat?

7. What was the warning that Callahan's ex-wife had given him, which Callahan now recalls?

8. What is the main problem Callahan's family is having with the Coast Guard in an effort to rescue him from the ocean?

9. How does Callahan finally fix the hole that has been ruining the solar still that he tries to use?

10. What happens when the dorado that Callahan tries to catch struggles with him during the process?

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