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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 intruders finally do?
(a) Die.
(b) Join the four men on the boat.
(c) Leave the men alone.
(d) Knock the captain overboard.

2. What do the men do all afternoon after being deluged in Part 4?
(a) Yell for help.
(b) Take turns rowing.
(c) Mourn their fates.
(d) Laugh in the face of adversity.

3. Who spots a watch fire on the beach in Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

4. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) Land.
(c) The waves.
(d) The sun.

5. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?
(a) Because it is dinner time and their families have meals prepared for them.
(b) Because the boat is being destroyed by the waves and is going to sink.
(c) Because people are waving to them.
(d) Because soon they will be too exhausted to swim even if they do get close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men use as a sail?

2. Who is ordered to make the sail again in Part 6?

3. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

4. What idea seems optimistic at best?

5. Who takes two oars first?

(see the answer key)

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