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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What determines the gravity of a situation?
(a) The age of the people involved.
(b) Perspective and view.
(c) Nature.
(d) The danger.

2. Which man's life is not of the sea?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

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

4. What idea seems optimistic at best?
(a) Meeting their deadline.
(b) Reaching land.
(c) Surviving the storm.
(d) Finding dinner.

5. What floats by to taunt the men?
(a) A message in a bottle.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) A jacket.
(d) Seagulls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?

2. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?

3. What is the boat comparable to in size?

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

5. What curls over the men?

(see the answer key)

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