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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the boat comparable to in size?
(a) A sofa.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) A house.

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

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

4. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?
(a) That they will soon be rescued.
(b) That it is too early to worry about either a life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(c) That he cannot row any longer.
(d) That he would rather be dead than continue this struggle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being rocked as the novel opens?

2. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?

3. What do the waves seem determined to do?

4. What do the waves threaten to do?

5. Who is injured?

(see the answer key)

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