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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The oiler.

2. What does the correspondent argue about?
(a) Whether they will survive.
(b) The difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge.
(c) Who will fix dinner.
(d) When they will be rescued.

3. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) Four men inside the boat.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

4. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?
(a) By making them hungry.
(b) The seaweed does not taunt the men.
(c) By reminding them that the shore is far away.
(d) By reminding them of their impending deaths.

5. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The men share both oars.
(c) One oar each.
(d) Two oars each.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?

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

3. How did the injured character sustain his injuries?

4. What aims at the captain's head?

5. Who rows with the correspondent?

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