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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What determines the gravity of a situation?
(a) Perspective and view.
(b) The age of the people involved.
(c) Nature.
(d) The danger.

4. Why do the oiler and correspondent sit on the same seat?
(a) To talk.
(b) To eat dinner.
(c) To sleep.
(d) To row.

5. Whose point of view is the entirety of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) It alternates between the characters.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?

2. What does the correspondent keep an eye on in Part 6?

3. What do the men think is odd in Part 4?

4. Who falls asleep in the soggy boat in Part 6?

5. Where are these four men returning from?

(see the answer key)

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