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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?
(a) His coat.
(b) A black flag.
(c) His arms.
(d) A blanket.

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

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

4. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?
(a) They forgot one of the men at sea.
(b) They do not take the boat back out to sea.
(c) They are suddenly deluged again.
(d) They realize they are at the wrong island.

5. In Part 5, why is the correspondent the only one who is scared by the shark?
(a) Because he is the only one in the water.
(b) Because it is a figment of his imagination.
(c) Because he is the only one who is not used to the sea.
(d) Because he is the only one awake.

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

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

8. Who is the only person awake in Part 5?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

9. What do the men think is odd in Part 4?
(a) That the winds are calm.
(b) That the waves are vicious.
(c) That no one sees them.
(d) That nature is indifferent.

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

11. What does the correspondent curse?
(a) His friends.
(b) Nature.
(c) The wind.
(d) The sea.

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

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

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

15. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The correspondent's.
(b) The captain's.
(c) The oiler's.
(d) The cook's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the men do about the shark?

2. What does the correspondent keep an eye on in Part 6?

3. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

4. Who spots a watch fire on the beach in Part 6?

5. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?

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