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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?
(a) The oars.
(b) Strong wills.
(c) All of their strength.
(d) Good luck.

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

3. What do the men do in Part 5?
(a) Spend one of the longest nights of their lives.
(b) Try to swim to shore.
(c) Sleep peacefully.
(d) Die by drowning.

4. Who is the only person awake in Part 5?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

5. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Taking his turn with the oars.
(d) Constructing a makeshift sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who loses concept of time?

2. What begins to dart at the men?

3. What floats by to taunt the men?

4. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?

5. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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