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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who falls asleep in the soggy boat in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

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

5. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) A bonfire to light their way.
(b) The lighthouse shining on them.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) Their families waving to them.

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

7. What do the men do in Part 5?
(a) Spend one of the longest nights of their lives.
(b) Die by drowning.
(c) Sleep peacefully.
(d) Try to swim to shore.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?

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

3. What provides the only sound in Part 5?

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

5. Who replaces the correspondent on the rowing seat in Part 6?

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