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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the waves threaten to do?
(a) Beat the boat into the rocks.
(b) Sweep the men out to sea.
(c) Calm down.
(d) Drown the boat.

2. What do the men focus on as they row in Part 1?
(a) The fish that may become their dinner.
(b) Only the wave in front of them.
(c) The color of the sky.
(d) Each other.

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

4. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

5. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the four men headed?

2. What do the men learn quickly?

3. What idea seems optimistic at best?

4. Why do the men row?

5. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?

(see the answer key)

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