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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 search the shoreline for?
(a) A life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(b) Their families, awaiting their return.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A restaurant.

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

3. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?
(a) He is too busy rowing to turn around and see it.
(b) His eyes are too tired to see so far in the distance.
(c) He is sleeping.
(d) There is no lighthouse.

4. What do the waves seem determined to do?
(a) Escort the men to safety on land.
(b) The waves do not seem determined.
(c) Drown the dingy.
(d) Sweep the captain out of the boat and into the sea.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What curls over the men?

3. What are the men facing in Part 2?

4. Who commands the tiny boat?

5. What idea seems optimistic at best?

(see the answer key)

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