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

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

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

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

5. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the recalled story mean to the reader at the time he read it?

2. What aims at the captain's head?

3. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?

4. Who is the only person awake at the beginning of Part 6?

5. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?

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