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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regards to the shark, what does the correspondent think he would not do in different circumstances?
(a) Love the shark.
(b) Be jealous of the shark
(c) Curse the sea.
(d) Fear the shark.

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

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

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

5. What provides light for the men in Part 5?
(a) There is no light.
(b) A bonfire on shore.
(c) A candle lit by a match.
(d) The lighthouse.

6. 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 cannot even see the shore.
(d) They are too far away.

7. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?
(a) That saving them is hopeless.
(b) That they are already dead.
(c) That they are an illusion.
(d) That they are simply out for sport.

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

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

10. What do the men think is odd in Part 4?
(a) That no one sees them.
(b) That the waves are vicious.
(c) That nature is indifferent.
(d) That the winds are calm.

11. What does the correspondent keep an eye on in Part 6?
(a) The watch fire on the beach.
(b) The shark.
(c) The man on shore.
(d) The seagulls.

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

13. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

2. What can the men do about the shark?

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

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

5. What provides the only sound in Part 5?

(see the answer keys)

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