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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 men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?
(a) Why Nature is so cruel.
(b) They do not head out toward deeper water.
(c) Why the captain insists upon going out to deeper water.
(d) Why no one has tried to find them.

2. What begins to dart at the men?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Waves.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Wind.

3. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?
(a) Food.
(b) Home.
(c) Death.
(d) Friendship.

4. Who is the only person awake at the beginning of Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

5. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) The lighthouse shining on them.
(b) A bonfire to light their way.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) Their families waving to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men believe no one is coming to rescue them?

2. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?

3. What does the man onshore do?

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

5. In Part 4, what are the men unaware of?

(see the answer key)

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