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Part 1

1. What is being rocked as the novel opens?
(a) The tiny boat.
(b) The baby.
(c) The large ship.
(d) The carriage.

2. What do the waves threaten to do?
(a) Beat the boat into the rocks.
(b) Drown the boat.
(c) Sweep the men out to sea.
(d) Calm down.

3. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) Four men inside the boat.
(d) The captain.

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?
(a) The slate color of the water.
(b) The clouds in the sky.
(c) The lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.
(d) The shark circling the boat.

5. Why do the men row?
(a) For exercise.
(b) For sport.
(c) To save their lives.
(d) They do not row.

6. What is the boat comparable to in size?
(a) A sofa.
(b) A house.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A bathtub.

7. What idea seems optimistic at best?
(a) Surviving the storm.
(b) Meeting their deadline.
(c) Reaching land.
(d) Finding dinner.

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