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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men learn quickly?
(a) That with each crashing wave, there is another one right on its wake.
(b) That they cannot construct a sail.
(c) That they will never reach land.
(d) That they are near land.

2. Who is injured?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

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

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

5. Who advises the others not to overdo it?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?

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

3. Who first spots a lighthouse?

4. What does the sun transform the ocean into in Part 2?

5. What is being rocked as the novel opens?

(see the answer key)

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