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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the character in the recalled story die?
(a) America.
(b) Italy.
(c) Mosquito Inlet.
(d) Algiers.

2. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Starvation.
(b) A wall of water rushing at them.
(c) Each other.
(d) Being rescued.

3. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?
(a) That they will remain friends with one another.
(b) That their boat has not sunk yet.
(c) That they will survive this adventure.
(d) That the sea will take them when they have come so close to shore.

4. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.
(b) Because the men are bored and need something to do.
(c) So that the oiler and the correspondent can sleep at the same time.
(d) The makeshift sail is not made again.

5. Who do the men think would be cruel to allow them to die?
(a) Nature.
(b) God.
(c) The men on shore.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?

2. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?

3. What do the men do all afternoon after being deluged in Part 4?

4. What did the recalled story mean to the reader at the time he read it?

5. Who takes two oars first?

(see the answer key)

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