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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can the men do about the shark?
(a) Kill it.
(b) Be its dinner.
(c) Laugh at it.
(d) Nothing.

2. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?
(a) That they will survive this adventure.
(b) That they will remain friends with one another.
(c) That the sea will take them when they have come so close to shore.
(d) That their boat has not sunk yet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What do the men do since they are unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?
(a) Head out to deeper water.
(b) Head toward shore.
(c) Head toward another island.
(d) Accept their deaths.

10. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?
(a) Take a nap.
(b) Switch positions with the oiler.
(c) Stop looking at the watchfire.
(d) Take the boat a little further out to sea.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the correspondent give almost anything for near the end of Part 5?

2. In Part 5, who does the correspondent wish would wake up?

3. What is the cook doing in Part 5?

4. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?

5. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?

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