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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?
(a) Their eagerness to reach safety.
(b) The presence of the correspondent.
(c) The presence of the captain.
(d) Their nice clothes.

2. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?
(a) The two rowers and the man doing the bailing.
(b) The two rowers and the captain.
(c) The cook and the captain.
(d) The correspondent and the oiler.

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

4. What determines the gravity of a situation?
(a) Perspective and view.
(b) Nature.
(c) The danger.
(d) The age of the people involved.

5. Who bails water from the boat?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?

2. Who is present at the opening of the novel?

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

4. Who advises the others not to overdo it?

5. Who is injured?

(see the answer key)

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