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

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

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

4. What circles the boat?
(a) A shark.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Another boat.
(d) Seagulls.

5. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?
(a) Hide under the boat.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Row the oars.
(d) Make a sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is injured?

2. What does the man onshore do?

3. Why do the men believe no one is coming to rescue them?

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

5. Who hears the sound of the shark's powerful fin?

(see the answer key)

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