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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the waves seem determined to do?
(a) Drown the dingy.
(b) Sweep the captain out of the boat and into the sea.
(c) Escort the men to safety on land.
(d) The waves do not seem determined.

2. What does the sun transform the ocean into in Part 2?
(a) A warm bath.
(b) A nightmarish deathtrap.
(c) A spectacular light show.
(d) A friendly acquaintance.

3. Why do the oiler and correspondent sit on the same seat?
(a) To sleep.
(b) To row.
(c) To eat dinner.
(d) To talk.

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

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

6. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?
(a) Beat them with an oar.
(b) Shoo them away.
(c) Shoot them.
(d) Capture them.

7. What do the men construct in Part 3 that yields immediate results?
(a) Fishing for dinner.
(b) Yelling for help.
(c) Complaining about their circumstances.
(d) The sail.

8. What is being rocked as the novel opens?
(a) The large ship.
(b) The tiny boat.
(c) The carriage.
(d) The baby.

9. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The wind dies down.
(b) They are not forced into rowing again.
(c) The sail breaks.
(d) They never stop rowing.

10. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

11. What does the correspondent argue about?
(a) Who will fix dinner.
(b) Whether they will survive.
(c) When they will be rescued.
(d) The difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge.

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

13. How long has it been since the four men have slept?
(a) Four days.
(b) A week.
(c) Two days and nights.
(d) A few hours.

14. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The oiler and the captain.
(b) The correspondent and the captain.
(c) The correspondent and the oiler.
(d) The cook and the captain.

15. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?
(a) Because they have not seen the other life boats.
(b) The oiler does not make this claims.
(c) Because there are no other life boats.
(d) Because no one is out searching for them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?

2. How do the men view the intruders?

3. What do the men entertain the thought of towards the end of Part 1?

4. How long do the oiler and correspondent take turns rowing in Part 2?

5. What is the boat comparable to in size?

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