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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is injured?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

2. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?
(a) The lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.
(b) The clouds in the sky.
(c) The slate color of the water.
(d) The shark circling the boat.

3. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?
(a) They were out fishing and got caught in the storm.
(b) Their ship was destroyed by pirates.
(c) They are returning from an expedition for gold.
(d) It is not explained.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the four men hope to find refuge?

3. Who loses concept of time?

4. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?

5. Where are these four men returning from?

(see the answer key)

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