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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What aims at the captain's head?
(a) Waves.
(b) Seaweed.
(c) Wind.
(d) Seagulls.

3. What does the correspondent argue about?
(a) When they will be rescued.
(b) Who will fix dinner.
(c) Whether they will survive.
(d) The difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge.

4. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

5. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) A wall of water rushing at them.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Being rescued.
(d) Each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

2. What do the men do in Part 5?

3. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?

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

5. Who advises the others not to overdo it?

(see the answer key)

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