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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 they cannot construct a sail.
(b) That they are near land.
(c) That with each crashing wave, there is another one right on its wake.
(d) That they will never reach land.

2. Why do the four men become the most loyal of friends?
(a) They do not.
(b) They are very alike.
(c) Their current circumstances.
(d) They have always been loyal friends.

3. How long do the oiler and correspondent take turns rowing in Part 2?
(a) For nearly a month.
(b) For over a week.
(c) For three days.
(d) For quite some time.

4. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

5. Where is the lighthouse?
(a) At Bumblee Cove.
(b) In Italy.
(c) In Ireland.
(d) At Mosquito Inlet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose nature is naturally more cynical than the others'?

2. What do the waves threaten to do?

3. What do the men realize when the water changes from gray to emerald green?

4. What happens as the men get closer to land?

5. Where are these four men returning from?

(see the answer key)

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