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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Someone will swim out to sea to rescue them.
(c) They will die.
(d) They will have to swim to shore.

2. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?
(a) Everyone sleeps except the unfortunate one with the oars.
(b) The boat capsizes.
(c) The man on shore gives up on the four men stuck at sea.
(d) A wave carries the four men further out to sea and, ultimately, their doom.

3. Why are the men unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?
(a) They are too far away.
(b) The water is too deep.
(c) They can reach shore safely now.
(d) They cannot even see the shore.

4. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?
(a) The seaweed does not taunt the men.
(b) By reminding them that the shore is far away.
(c) By making them hungry.
(d) By reminding them of their impending deaths.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who spots a watch fire on the beach in Part 6?

3. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?

4. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?

5. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?

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