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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men do since they are unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?
(a) Head toward shore.
(b) Head toward another island.
(c) Head out to deeper water.
(d) Accept their deaths.

3. What do the men learn quickly?
(a) That with each crashing wave, there is another one right on its wake.
(b) That they will never reach land.
(c) That they cannot construct a sail.
(d) That they are near land.

4. Who rows with the correspondent?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

5. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?
(a) They are suddenly deluged again.
(b) They forgot one of the men at sea.
(c) They realize they are at the wrong island.
(d) They do not take the boat back out to sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?

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

4. What determines the gravity of a situation?

5. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?

(see the answer key)

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