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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to calm the other men?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

2. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Knock the captain overboard.
(b) Join the four men on the boat.
(c) Leave the men alone.
(d) Die.

3. How do the men view the intruders?
(a) As friends.
(b) As potential food.
(c) As disgusting and annoying.
(d) As an ominous omen.

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

5. Who takes two oars first?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men search the shoreline for?

2. What do the waves seem determined to do?

3. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?

4. What does the captain do in Part 1?

5. Why do the men row?

(see the answer key)

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