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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 week.
(c) An hour.
(d) A day.

2. What does the correspondent find in his pocket?
(a) Four dry cigars.
(b) A piece of paper.
(c) A match.
(d) Food.

3. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Make a sail.
(c) Row the oars.
(d) Hide under the boat.

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

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

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

7. What is the boat comparable to in size?
(a) A sofa.
(b) A house.
(c) A mountain.
(d) A bathtub.

8. Who advises the others not to overdo it?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

9. How do the men view their current situation in Part 2?
(a) As glorious.
(b) As boring.
(c) As exhilarating.
(d) As terrifying.

10. Why do the four men become the most loyal of friends?
(a) They do not.
(b) Their current circumstances.
(c) They have always been loyal friends.
(d) They are very alike.

11. Who is injured?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The oiler.

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

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

14. Which man's life is not of the sea?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?

2. What do the men use as a sail?

3. What determines the gravity of a situation?

4. What begins to dart at the men?

5. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?

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