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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Taking his turn with the oars.
(d) Constructing a makeshift sail.

2. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?
(a) The small size of their boat.
(b) Being where they are.
(c) The waves.
(d) The storm.

3. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) The sun.
(c) Land.
(d) The waves.

4. Who takes two oars first?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

5. What begins to dart at the men?
(a) Waves.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?

2. Which man's life is not of the sea?

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

4. Where are these four men returning from?

5. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?

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