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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is injured?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

2. What do the waves seem determined to do?
(a) The waves do not seem determined.
(b) Drown the dingy.
(c) Escort the men to safety on land.
(d) Sweep the captain out of the boat and into the sea.

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

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

5. Who takes two oars first?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the men row?

3. What begins to dart at the men?

4. Who tries to calm the other men?

5. What does the sun transform the ocean into in Part 2?

(see the answer key)

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