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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?
(a) Because there are no other life boats.
(b) Because they have not seen the other life boats.
(c) Because no one is out searching for them.
(d) The oiler does not make this claims.

2. What do the men use as a sail?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A tarp.
(c) The captain's overcoat.
(d) A sail.

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

4. Who hears the sound of the shark's powerful fin?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

5. What would make the men see their situation as glorious?
(a) Absolutely nothing.
(b) Viewing it from a vantage point.
(c) They do see it as glorious.
(d) Escaping from it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rows with the correspondent?

2. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?

3. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?

4. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?

5. What aims at the captain's head?

(see the answer key)

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