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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the four men headed?
(a) It is not explained.
(b) North America.
(c) The Bahamas.
(d) Europe.

2. What do the waves threaten to do?
(a) Drown the boat.
(b) Beat the boat into the rocks.
(c) Sweep the men out to sea.
(d) Calm down.

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

4. Who commands the tiny boat?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

5. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?
(a) His good arm.
(b) An oar.
(c) His rifle.
(d) He cannot get rid of them.

6. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?
(a) That he would rather be dead than continue this struggle.
(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 cannot row any longer.

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

8. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The wind.
(c) The boat.
(d) The men's spirits.

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

10. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Constructing a makeshift sail.
(b) Taking a nap.
(c) Eating dinner.
(d) Taking his turn with the oars.

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

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

13. Who bails water from the boat?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

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

15. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?

2. How do the men view the intruders?

3. Who silently marks their adventure as the best experience that he has ever had?

4. Where are these four men returning from?

5. What do the waves seem determined to do?

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