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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 search the shoreline for?
(a) A restaurant.
(b) Their families, awaiting their return.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A life-saving station or a house of refuge.

2. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?
(a) The slate color of the water.
(b) The shark circling the boat.
(c) The clouds in the sky.
(d) The lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.

3. What do the men finally see near the end of Part 4?
(a) A group of people celebrating the holiday.
(b) A man who sees them.
(c) Their families waving frantically.
(d) A man cooking his dinner.

4. Who loses concept of time?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The four men.

5. What would the correspondent give almost anything for near the end of Part 5?
(a) For a bite of food.
(b) For his friends to drown.
(c) For the shark to go away.
(d) For a good night's sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What provides light for the men in Part 5?

2. Who orders the sail made again in Part 6?

3. How do the men view their current situation in Part 2?

4. What idea seems optimistic at best?

5. Who keeps their thoughts to himself in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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