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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the correspondent argue about?
(a) Whether they will survive.
(b) Who will fix dinner.
(c) When they will be rescued.
(d) The difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge.

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

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

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

5. What do the men search the shoreline for?
(a) A hotel.
(b) Their families, awaiting their return.
(c) A restaurant.
(d) A life-saving station or a house of refuge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bails water from the boat?

2. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?

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

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

5. Why do the men row?

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