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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men think it would be cruel if they die?
(a) Because they deserve to live.
(b) Because they are good men.
(c) Because they are such good friends.
(d) Because they have worked so hard to stay alive.

2. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?
(a) That they will remain friends with one another.
(b) That they will survive this adventure.
(c) That their boat has not sunk yet.
(d) That the sea will take them when they have come so close to shore.

3. Who died in the story recalled in Part 6?
(a) A Legionnaire.
(b) A mother.
(c) A correspondent.
(d) A priest.

4. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?
(a) The two rowers and the man doing the bailing.
(b) The cook and the captain.
(c) The correspondent and the oiler.
(d) The two rowers and the captain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

2. Who bails water from the boat?

3. What does the correspondent think must be an incredible relief from the pain and struggle as he swims in place?

4. What is the cook doing in Part 5?

5. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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