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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men search the shoreline for?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(d) Their families, awaiting their return.

2. Who loses concept of time?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The four men.

3. Who tries to calm the other men?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?
(a) The shark circling the boat.
(b) The lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.
(c) The slate color of the water.
(d) The clouds in the sky.

5. How do the men view their current situation in Part 2?
(a) As exhilarating.
(b) As terrifying.
(c) As boring.
(d) As glorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men learn quickly?

2. Who bails water from the boat?

3. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?

4. Where are the four men headed?

5. What curls over the men?

(see the answer key)

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