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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 happens to the lifeboat Phillip and his mother get into as it is lowered into the water?
(a) It tips over.
(b) It bangs against the side of the ship and gets a hole in it.
(c) It lands safely in the water.
(d) It is shot at.

2. Who is Grace?
(a) Phillip's mother.
(b) Phillip's sister.
(c) Phillip's teacher.
(d) Henrik's mother.

3. When Phillip first asks Timothy for water while on the raft, where does Timothy get the water?
(a) From the ocean.
(b) From a canteen around his neck.
(c) From a small bottle of water.
(d) From a large keg on the raft.

4. In Chapter 6, when Phillip reminds Timothy that they've spotted land, what returns to Timothy's voice?
(a) Joy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Power.

5. What is Phillip's father's name?
(a) Phillip Enright, Sr.
(b) Walter Van Boven.
(c) Phillip Thomas.
(d) Joseph Smith

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Phillip's father feel about the prospect of the supply ships sailing again?

2. In Chapter 6, what does Timothy tell Phillip a man can do in these waters?

3. Who is Stew?

4. Where does Phillip think Timothy is from?

5. After Phillip goes blind, how long does Timothy tell him it will take him to regain his sight?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Phillip, Sr. say that Grace and Phillip should not leave Curacao?

2. Why does Timothy warn Phillip not to dangle his hands over the side of the raft into the water?

3. At the beginning of the book, what do Phillip and Henrik find when they visit the harbor against their mothers' wishes?

4. What does Timothy say the island he spots looks like?

5. In Chapter 6, what happens that causes Phillip to fall off the raft into the water?

6. Why is the S.S. Hato sailing to Panama before going to Miami?

7. In Chapter 2, why does the refinery shut down?

8. When the S.S. Empire Tern is sunk, what does Philip realize about the crew that was on board?

9. During their conversation about the war, why does Henrik seem to Phillip to be so knowledgeable about the goings on of the military?

10. Why did Phillip's family move to Curacao?

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