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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men need both the oiler and correspondent's strength for in Part 6?
(a) Cooking dinner.
(b) Protecting the captain.
(c) Swimming to shore while carrying the cook.
(d) Rowing to shore.

2. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) Four men inside the boat.
(d) The cook.

3. What determines the gravity of a situation?
(a) The age of the people involved.
(b) Nature.
(c) Perspective and view.
(d) The danger.

4. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Two oars each.
(c) One oar each.
(d) The men share both oars.

5. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?
(a) The man on shore gives up on the four men stuck at sea.
(b) A wave carries the four men further out to sea and, ultimately, their doom.
(c) The boat capsizes.
(d) Everyone sleeps except the unfortunate one with the oars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the boat comparable to in size?

2. What is the correspondent doing in Part 5?

3. Why do the oiler and correspondent sit on the same seat?

4. Who bails water from the boat?

5. Who silently marks their adventure as the best experience that he has ever had?

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