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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Captain do while waiting in Chapter 5?
(a) Spent time talking to other survivors.
(b) Looked for help.
(c) Tried to reach rescuers.
(d) Looked for food.

2. What was the cause of the Captain's experience?
(a) Bad weather.
(b) Too much alcohol.
(c) Poor help from the crew.
(d) Hunger.

3. What is going on as the narrator is on her walk?
(a) The people seem to be taking naps.
(b) The fishermen are mending nets.
(c) Nothing, all is quiet.
(d) The sheep are circling the schoolhouse.

4. What had Mrs. Todd been doing prior to her evening visit with Mrs. Fosdick and the narrator at the beginning of Chapter 13?
(a) Making cough drops.
(b) Making spruce beer.
(c) Making herbal teas.
(d) Making syrup.

5. What does the narrator remark that the seamen's minds seem to be fixed on?
(a) The contrivances of man.
(b) Nature.
(c) Fish.
(d) Ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides Captain Littlepage, who else knows of Gaffett's story?

2. What topic leads to the narrator's conversation with Captain Littlepage about life after death?

3. Where did the Captain's experience described in Chapter 5 take place?

4. Why does the Captain believe he knows "the truth" about life after death?

5. How does Elijah refer to his late wife?

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