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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men wonder about as they head toward shore in Part 4 ?
(a) Who will win the bet about the exact hour that they will reach shore.
(b) Whether they will see their families again.
(c) Why he has come so close to shore if he is going to be drowned.
(d) Why they cannot swim like the fish.

2. Who bails water from the boat?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

3. Who is the four men's only company in Part 5?
(a) The waves.
(b) The man from shore.
(c) A shark.
(d) The wind.

4. Why do the oiler and correspondent sit on the same seat?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To eat dinner.
(c) To row.
(d) To talk.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men think is odd in Part 4?

2. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?

3. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?

4. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?

5. What provides the only sound in Part 5?

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