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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Beat them with an oar.
(c) Shoo them away.
(d) Capture them.

2. What begins to dart at the men?
(a) Waves.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Wind.

3. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Taking his turn with the oars.
(d) Constructing a makeshift sail.

4. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) Land.
(b) The waves.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) The sun.

5. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?

2. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?

3. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?

4. What does the captain remind the other men?

5. Who advises the others not to overdo it?

(see the answer key)

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