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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. By April 16th, Callahan is beginning to doubt his __________ as his morale and his outlook begin to spiral downward.
(a) Food supply.
(b) Position.
(c) Morality.
(d) Reason.

2. Unbeknownst to Callahan, __________ has been trying to rescue him, but has been facing an uncooperative Coast Guard.
(a) His wife.
(b) The President.
(c) The military.
(d) His family.

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

4. What is the source of the flash that Callahan sees when he wakes up in the middle of the night on April 20th?
(a) Lighthouse.
(b) An airplane.
(c) A bomb.
(d) Flare gun.

5. Callahan realizes that his ___________ is fragile at his point of the trip but he banishes the doubt from his mind.
(a) Health.
(b) Emotional state.
(c) Faith.
(d) Boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Callahan imagines that someday his ex-wife might dine upon a __________ which fed upon his corpse.

2. Callahan actually begins to feel saddened by the loss of another ____________ when he kills and eats the fish.

3. Later, Callahan accidentally punches a hole in the ___________ of the boat, although he fixes it quickly.

4. What does Callahan catch when he tries to do some line fishing on the boat in order to catch food in a new way?

5. What does a fish bite into, causing water to drain back out to sea, according to the observations of Callahan?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Callahan attempt to reinforce his cracked spearhead when he attempts to fish the next day after the incident with the dorado?

2. What is the first sign of land what Callahan sees when he wakes up during the night on April 20th?

3. What is becoming harder for Callahan to complete after he has fixed the breach in the boat?

4. What does Callahan finally realize about the way a man's life is measured in terms of its worth to others?

5. How had the fishermen come to find Callahan's boat in the water?

6. What is the fix that Callahan uses on the lower tube, helping it to hold air better than the upper tube?

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

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

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

10. What does Callahan miss most about the early days of his new journey on the seas alone?

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