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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?
(a) The wind.
(b) The boat.
(c) The men's spirits.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the captain remind the other men?
(a) That they are going to die.
(b) That they will reach the shore.
(c) That they are nearly out of food.
(d) That they must rest.

5. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) Four men inside the boat.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the men row?

2. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?

3. What does the correspondent argue about?

4. What are the men facing in Part 2?

5. Who bails water from the boat?

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