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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 see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?
(a) A lighthouse.
(b) A tiny house.
(c) A man on the shore.
(d) Their families.

2. In regards to the shark, what does the correspondent think he would not do in different circumstances?
(a) Love the shark.
(b) Fear the shark.
(c) Curse the sea.
(d) Be jealous of the shark

3. Where did the character in the recalled story die?
(a) Italy.
(b) Algiers.
(c) America.
(d) Mosquito Inlet.

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

5. What would the correspondent give almost anything for near the end of Part 5?
(a) For a good night's sleep.
(b) For the shark to go away.
(c) For his friends to drown.
(d) For a bite of food.

6. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The oiler.

7. What do the men do all afternoon after being deluged in Part 4?
(a) Yell for help.
(b) Take turns rowing.
(c) Mourn their fates.
(d) Laugh in the face of adversity.

8. In Part 4, what are the men unaware of?
(a) The ship has a hole in it.
(b) That there is no life-saving station anywhere near where they are.
(c) They are being mocked by nature.
(d) No one can see them.

9. Who recalls a story he once read in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

10. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) The lighthouse shining on them.
(b) Their families waving to them.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) A bonfire to light their way.

11. Who is the only person awake at the beginning of Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

12. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

13. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

14. What hope appears in Part 5?
(a) The winds quiet.
(b) A lifesaving boat.
(c) The lighthouse.
(d) None.

15. What do the men do in Part 5?
(a) Die by drowning.
(b) Sleep peacefully.
(c) Try to swim to shore.
(d) Spend one of the longest nights of their lives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?

2. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?

3. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?

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

5. Whose point of view is the entirety of "The Open Boat" told from?

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