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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What floats by to taunt the men?
(a) A message in a bottle.
(b) A jacket.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Seagulls.

2. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?
(a) His coat.
(b) A black flag.
(c) His arms.
(d) A blanket.

3. What do the men finally see near the end of Part 4?
(a) A man who sees them.
(b) Their families waving frantically.
(c) A group of people celebrating the holiday.
(d) A man cooking his dinner.

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

5. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Stop looking at the watchfire.
(c) Take the boat a little further out to sea.
(d) Switch positions with the oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the men think would be cruel to allow them to die?

2. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?

3. Who first spots a lighthouse?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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