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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the correspondent keep an eye on in Part 6?
(a) The seagulls.
(b) The shark.
(c) The man on shore.
(d) The watch fire on the beach.

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

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

5. Whose point of view is the entirety of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The oiler.
(b) It alternates between the characters.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

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

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

8. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?
(a) Someone will swim out to sea to rescue them.
(b) They will die.
(c) They will have to swim to shore.
(d) Someone will come with a lifeboat.

9. Why do the men think it would be cruel if they die?
(a) Because they are good men.
(b) Because they deserve to live.
(c) Because they have worked so hard to stay alive.
(d) Because they are such good friends.

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

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

12. What provides the only sound in Part 5?
(a) The people on shore.
(b) The men snoring.
(c) The wind.
(d) The water.

13. What did the recalled story mean to the reader at the time he read it?
(a) He thought it was funny.
(b) It reminded him of someone he knew.
(c) As heart-wrenching in its sadness and futility.
(d) Nothing.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hears the sound of the shark's powerful fin?

2. What does the shark do for a long time?

3. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?

4. What provides light for the men in Part 5?

5. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?

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