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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 four men become the most loyal of friends?
(a) They do not.
(b) Their current circumstances.
(c) They are very alike.
(d) They have always been loyal friends.

2. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

3. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The cook and the captain.
(b) The correspondent and the captain.
(c) The correspondent and the oiler.
(d) The oiler and the captain.

4. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) Land.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) The sun.
(d) The waves.

5. What do the men realize when the water changes from gray to emerald green?
(a) That the storm has lifted.
(b) That it must be daylight.
(c) That the storm has arrived.
(d) That it is nighttime.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?

2. What determines the gravity of a situation?

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

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

5. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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