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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men view the intruders?
(a) As potential food.
(b) As disgusting and annoying.
(c) As an ominous omen.
(d) As friends.

2. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?
(a) Beat them with an oar.
(b) Shoot them.
(c) Capture them.
(d) Shoo them away.

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

4. What is the boat comparable to in size?
(a) A sofa.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) A house.

5. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Complaining about their chance of being rescued.
(d) Rowing with both oars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to dart at the men?

2. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?

3. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?

4. What would make the men see their situation as glorious?

5. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?

(see the answer key)

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