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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?
(a) Because the boat is being destroyed by the waves and is going to sink.
(b) Because it is dinner time and their families have meals prepared for them.
(c) Because soon they will be too exhausted to swim even if they do get close.
(d) Because people are waving to them.

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

3. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The sail breaks.
(b) The wind dies down.
(c) They are not forced into rowing again.
(d) They never stop rowing.

4. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?
(a) The boat capsizes.
(b) Everyone sleeps except the unfortunate one with the oars.
(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.

5. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?
(a) The boat.
(b) The wind.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The men's spirits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bails water from the boat?

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

3. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?

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

5. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?

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