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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?
(a) The presence of the correspondent.
(b) Their eagerness to reach safety.
(c) Their nice clothes.
(d) The presence of the captain.

2. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

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

4. What aims at the captain's head?
(a) Wind.
(b) Waves.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Seagulls.

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

6. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?
(a) That he cannot row any longer.
(b) That it is too early to worry about either a life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(c) That they will soon be rescued.
(d) That he would rather be dead than continue this struggle.

7. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?
(a) Two oars each.
(b) The men share both oars.
(c) One oar each.
(d) Nothing.

8. Where is the lighthouse?
(a) At Mosquito Inlet.
(b) At Bumblee Cove.
(c) In Italy.
(d) In Ireland.

9. What floats by to taunt the men?
(a) Seagulls.
(b) A message in a bottle.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) A jacket.

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

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

12. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Angry.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Sad.

13. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Rowing with both oars.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Complaining about their chance of being rescued.

14. Why do the men row?
(a) They do not row.
(b) For sport.
(c) For exercise.
(d) To save their lives.

15. What do the men use as a mast?
(a) One of the men.
(b) A mop.
(c) An oar.
(d) A mast.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the waves threaten to do?

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

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

5. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?

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