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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tries to calm the other men?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

2. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) The waves.
(b) Land.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) The sun.

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

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

5. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?
(a) The clouds in the sky.
(b) The lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.
(c) The shark circling the boat.
(d) The slate color of the water.

6. Where do the four men hope to find refuge?
(a) Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Bumblebee Cove.

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

8. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Being rescued.
(c) A wall of water rushing at them.
(d) Each other.

9. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?
(a) By making them hungry.
(b) By reminding them that the shore is far away.
(c) By reminding them of their impending deaths.
(d) The seaweed does not taunt the men.

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

11. What do the men learn quickly?
(a) That they cannot construct a sail.
(b) That with each crashing wave, there is another one right on its wake.
(c) That they will never reach land.
(d) That they are near land.

12. Near the end of Part 3, how long do the men guess it will now take them to reach shore?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) A day.
(c) An hour.
(d) A week.

13. What happens as the men get closer to land?
(a) The men get further from land, not closer.
(b) The wind picks up.
(c) The men rejoice.
(d) The waves capsize the boat.

14. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who bails water from the boat?

3. How do the men feel about the results gained from constructing the sail?

4. How do the men view the intruders?

5. Who commands the tiny boat?

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