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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 construct in Part 3 that yields immediate results?
(a) Yelling for help.
(b) Complaining about their circumstances.
(c) Fishing for dinner.
(d) The sail.

2. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Die.
(b) Knock the captain overboard.
(c) Leave the men alone.
(d) Join the four men on the boat.

3. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?
(a) Three close brothers.
(b) Three lifelong friends.
(c) Three unlikely shipmates.
(d) Three bitter enemies.

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

5. What do the men do since they are unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?
(a) Accept their deaths.
(b) Head out to deeper water.
(c) Head toward shore.
(d) Head toward another island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the men do about the shark?

2. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?

3. In Part 5, who does the correspondent wish would wake up?

4. What do the men use as a mast?

5. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?

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