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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the four men's only company in Part 5?
(a) The wind.
(b) The man from shore.
(c) The waves.
(d) A shark.

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

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

4. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?
(a) They do not head out toward deeper water.
(b) Why the captain insists upon going out to deeper water.
(c) Why Nature is so cruel.
(d) Why no one has tried to find them.

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

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

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

8. 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 letting the others sleep while he faces danger alone.
(d) By rowing continually.

9. 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.

10. Why do the men believe no one is coming to rescue them?
(a) No one sees them.
(b) No one cares about them.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Coward or incompetence.

11. Who spots a watch fire on the beach in Part 6?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?

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

4. In Part 5, why is the correspondent the only one who is scared by the shark?

5. Who orders the sail made again in Part 6?

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