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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 wonder about as they head toward shore in Part 4 ?
(a) Why he has come so close to shore if he is going to be drowned.
(b) Who will win the bet about the exact hour that they will reach shore.
(c) Whether they will see their families again.
(d) Why they cannot swim like the fish.

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

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

4. What does the shark do for a long time?
(a) Swim the length of both sides of the boat.
(b) Show its teeth.
(c) Try to capsize the boat.
(d) There is no shark.

5. What does the correspondent watch for in Part 5?
(a) The men on shore to signal them in.
(b) The seagulls to return.
(c) The blue glint of the shark's fin.
(d) The lighthouse to shine a light on them.

6. 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 cannot even see the shore.
(d) They can reach shore safely now.

7. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?
(a) He does not show great character in Part 5.
(b) By allowing the captain to eat his portion of their dinner.
(c) By rowing continually.
(d) By letting the others sleep while he faces danger alone.

8. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.
(b) So that the oiler and the correspondent can sleep at the same time.
(c) Because the men are bored and need something to do.
(d) The makeshift sail is not made again.

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

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

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

12. 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.

13. Who is ordered to make the sail again in Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

14. What do the men need both the oiler and correspondent's strength for in Part 6?
(a) Rowing to shore.
(b) Swimming to shore while carrying the cook.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Protecting the captain.

15. Why do the men need to head for shore in Part 4?
(a) Because people are waving to them.
(b) Because the boat is being destroyed by the waves and is going to sink.
(c) Because it is dinner time and their families have meals prepared for them.
(d) Because soon they will be too exhausted to swim even if they do get close.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

2. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?

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

4. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?

5. What do the men finally see near the end of Part 4?

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