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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What provides the only sound in Part 5?
(a) The people on shore.
(b) The wind.
(c) The water.
(d) The men snoring.

2. Whose nature is naturally more cynical than the others'?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

3. Who first spots a lighthouse?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

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

5. What idea seems optimistic at best?
(a) Meeting their deadline.
(b) Finding dinner.
(c) Surviving the storm.
(d) Reaching land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?

2. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?

3. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?

4. What do the intruders finally do?

5. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?

(see the answer key)

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