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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who hears the sound of the shark's powerful fin?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

2. Who do the men think would be cruel to allow them to die?
(a) The captain.
(b) God.
(c) Nature.
(d) The men on shore.

3. What do the men use as a sail?
(a) A tarp.
(b) The captain's overcoat.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A sail.

4. What would make the men see their situation as glorious?
(a) Escaping from it.
(b) They do see it as glorious.
(c) Viewing it from a vantage point.
(d) Absolutely nothing.

5. Who is ordered to make the sail again in Part 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the reader now view the recalled story in Part 6?

2. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?

3. What circles the boat?

4. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?

5. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?

(see the answer key)

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