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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?
(a) Beat them with an oar.
(b) Shoot them.
(c) Capture them.
(d) Shoo them away.

3. What does the sun transform the ocean into in Part 2?
(a) A warm bath.
(b) A spectacular light show.
(c) A friendly acquaintance.
(d) A nightmarish deathtrap.

4. What is being rocked as the novel opens?
(a) The tiny boat.
(b) The carriage.
(c) The large ship.
(d) The baby.

5. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) A wall of water rushing at them.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Being rescued.
(d) Each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to dart at the men?

2. Who first spots a lighthouse?

3. What do the men learn quickly?

4. What do the men entertain the thought of towards the end of Part 1?

5. What do the waves threaten to do?

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