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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has it been since the four men have slept?
(a) A week.
(b) Four days.
(c) Two days and nights.
(d) A few hours.

2. What aims at the captain's head?
(a) Seagulls.
(b) Waves.
(c) Wind.
(d) Seaweed.

3. What does each man finally catch a glimpse of after constructing the sail?
(a) The waves.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) Land.
(d) The sun.

4. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?
(a) An oar.
(b) He cannot get rid of them.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His good arm.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?

3. Who rows with the correspondent?

4. How long do the oiler and correspondent take turns rowing in Part 2?

5. What do the men focus on as they row in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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