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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who falls asleep in the soggy boat in Part 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

2. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

3. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?
(a) Someone will come with a lifeboat.
(b) They will die.
(c) They will have to swim to shore.
(d) Someone will swim out to sea to rescue them.

4. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Die.
(b) Leave the men alone.
(c) Join the four men on the boat.
(d) Knock the captain overboard.

5. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?
(a) He is sleeping.
(b) There is no lighthouse.
(c) He is too busy rowing to turn around and see it.
(d) His eyes are too tired to see so far in the distance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

2. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?

3. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?

4. How do the men view their current situation in Part 2?

5. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?

(see the answer key)

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