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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. What does the correspondent watch for in Part 5?
(a) The blue glint of the shark's fin.
(b) The men on shore to signal them in.
(c) The lighthouse to shine a light on them.
(d) The seagulls to return.

4. What is the captain doing in Part 5?
(a) Eating
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Rowing.
(d) Crying.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?

2. How do the men view the intruders?

3. What do the men search the shoreline for?

4. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?

5. In Part 5, what does the only person who is awake listen to?

(see the answer key)

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