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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) A bonfire to light their way.
(b) The lighthouse shining on them.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) Their families waving to them.

2. Who rows with the correspondent?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

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

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

5. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?

2. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?

3. Who silently marks their adventure as the best experience that he has ever had?

4. Where are these four men returning from?

5. What idea seems optimistic at best?

(see the answer key)

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