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

2. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) The makeshift sail is not made again.
(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) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.

3. Who replaces the correspondent on the rowing seat in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) No one.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

4. What does the correspondent do when he is allowed to stop rowing in Part 6?
(a) Swim to shore.
(b) He is not allowed to stop rowing.
(c) Drop into the soggy boat.
(d) Eat dinner.

5. Who died in the story recalled in Part 6?
(a) A Legionnaire.
(b) A mother.
(c) A correspondent.
(d) A priest.

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

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

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

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

10. 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.

11. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The oiler.

12. In Part 5, what does the only person who is awake listen to?
(a) The sound of the shark's body bumping into the boat.
(b) The encouraging words of the people on shore.
(c) The wind blowing through his hair.
(d) The waves slapping against the boat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

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

3. What do the men do all afternoon after being deluged in Part 4?

4. What do the men need both the oiler and correspondent's strength for in Part 6?

5. Who recalls a story he once read in Part 6?

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