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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea seems optimistic at best?
(a) Finding dinner.
(b) Reaching land.
(c) Meeting their deadline.
(d) Surviving the storm.

2. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

3. What does the captain do in Part 1?
(a) Construct a makeshift sail.
(b) Keep up the direction and moral support.
(c) Row the boat with both oars.
(d) Complain about his injuries.

4. What do the men entertain the thought of towards the end of Part 1?
(a) That they can construct a sail.
(b) That they are starving.
(c) That someone will see them from shore.
(d) That they will die soon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being rocked as the novel opens?

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

3. How did the injured character sustain his injuries?

4. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?

5. Who bails water from the boat?

(see the answer key)

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