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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wishes for different company near the end of Part 5?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

2. What don't the men share with each other in Part 6?
(a) Their fears.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their longing to return home.
(d) Their dire thoughts.

3. What provides light for the men in Part 5?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) A candle lit by a match.
(c) There is no light.
(d) A bonfire on shore.

4. What do the men finally see near the end of Part 4?
(a) Their families waving frantically.
(b) A man cooking his dinner.
(c) A man who sees them.
(d) A group of people celebrating the holiday.

5. What circles the boat?
(a) A shark.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Another boat.
(d) Vultures.

6. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Rowing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Eating.

7. Who hears the sound of the shark's powerful fin?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

8. What is the correspondent doing in Part 5?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Rowing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Eating.

9. What do the men look for as they row in Part 4?
(a) Men on the shore.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) A fire to warm them.
(d) New dots on the horizon that might signal their rescue.

10. Why are the men unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?
(a) The water is too deep.
(b) They are too far away.
(c) They can reach shore safely now.
(d) They cannot even see the shore.

11. What can the men do about the shark?
(a) Laugh at it.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Be its dinner.
(d) Kill it.

12. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?
(a) Home.
(b) Death.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Food.

13. When do the men plan to attempt making it to shore in Part 6?
(a) Within a week.
(b) In an hour.
(c) In two days.
(d) In the morning.

14. Who is the four men's only company in Part 5?
(a) A shark.
(b) The wind.
(c) The waves.
(d) The man from shore.

15. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?
(a) Why Nature is so cruel.
(b) They do not head out toward deeper water.
(c) Why no one has tried to find them.
(d) Why the captain insists upon going out to deeper water.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the character in the recalled story die?

2. Who keeps their thoughts to himself in Part 4?

3. What do the men do since they are unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?

4. Who is the only person awake at the beginning of Part 6?

5. Who is the only person awake in Part 5?

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