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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What provides the only sound in Part 5?
(a) The water.
(b) The people on shore.
(c) The men snoring.
(d) The wind.

2. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) Four men inside the boat.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

3. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?
(a) Why the captain insists upon going out to deeper water.
(b) Why Nature is so cruel.
(c) Why no one has tried to find them.
(d) They do not head out toward deeper water.

4. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?
(a) Their families.
(b) A tiny house.
(c) A man on the shore.
(d) A lighthouse.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person awake at the beginning of Part 6?

2. What do the men learn quickly?

3. Where are the four men headed?

4. What does the correspondent do when he is allowed to stop rowing in Part 6?

5. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?

(see the answer key)

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