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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?
(a) That he would rather be dead than continue this struggle.
(b) That he cannot row any longer.
(c) That it is too early to worry about either a life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(d) That they will soon be rescued.

2. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Starvation.
(b) A wall of water rushing at them.
(c) Being rescued.
(d) Each other.

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

4. Who bails water from the boat?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

5. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?
(a) Being where they are.
(b) The small size of their boat.
(c) The waves.
(d) The storm.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is injured?

2. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?

3. What determines the gravity of a situation?

4. Where are the four men headed?

5. Where are these four men returning from?

(see the answer key)

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