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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who orders the sail made again in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

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

4. What don't the men share with each other in Part 6?
(a) Their fears.
(b) Their longing to return home.
(c) Their food.
(d) Their dire thoughts.

5. When do the men plan to attempt making it to shore in Part 6?
(a) Within a week.
(b) In two days.
(c) In the morning.
(d) In an hour.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?

2. What begins to dart at the men?

3. Who rows with the correspondent?

4. What do the men wonder about as they head toward shore in Part 4 ?

5. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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