3. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Leave the men alone.
(b) Join the four men on the boat.
(c) Knock the captain overboard.
(d) Die.

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

5. Who takes two oars first?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

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

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

8. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) Four men inside the boat.

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

10. What does each man finally catch a glimpse of after constructing the sail?
(a) The waves.
(b) The sun.
(c) Land.
(d) The lighthouse.

11. Who silently marks their adventure as the best experience that he has ever had?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The oiler.

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

13. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

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

15. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?
(a) He is too busy rowing to turn around and see it.
(b) His eyes are too tired to see so far in the distance.
(c) There is no lighthouse.
(d) He is sleeping.