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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who dampens the others' spirits in Part 3?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

5. How do the men feel about the results gained from constructing the sail?
(a) Disappointed.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

6. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?
(a) Their ship was destroyed by pirates.
(b) It is not explained.
(c) They are returning from an expedition for gold.
(d) They were out fishing and got caught in the storm.

7. What does the captain remind the other men?
(a) That they are going to die.
(b) That they must rest.
(c) That they are nearly out of food.
(d) That they will reach the shore.

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

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

10. What does the correspondent argue about?
(a) The difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge.
(b) Whether they will survive.
(c) When they will be rescued.
(d) Who will fix dinner.

11. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

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

13. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?
(a) Strong wills.
(b) All of their strength.
(c) Good luck.
(d) The oars.

14. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?
(a) The waves.
(b) Being where they are.
(c) The storm.
(d) The small size of their boat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men search the shoreline for?

2. What do the men use as a sail?

3. What do the men realize when the water changes from gray to emerald green?

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

5. What do the waves seem determined to do?

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