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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 intruders finally do?
(a) Knock the captain overboard.
(b) Join the four men on the boat.
(c) Leave the men alone.
(d) Die.

2. Who first spots a lighthouse?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

3. What floats by to taunt the men?
(a) A jacket.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) A message in a bottle.

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

5. Where are the four men headed?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) It is not explained.
(c) North America.
(d) Europe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men view their current situation in Part 2?

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

3. What do the waves seem determined to do?

4. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?

5. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?

(see the answer key)

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