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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Who do the men think would be cruel to allow them to die?
(a) God.
(b) The captain.
(c) Nature.
(d) The men on shore.

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

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

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

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

7. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?
(a) Their families.
(b) A tiny house.
(c) A lighthouse.
(d) A man on the shore.

8. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?
(a) The man on shore gives up on the four men stuck at sea.
(b) Everyone sleeps except the unfortunate one with the oars.
(c) A wave carries the four men further out to sea and, ultimately, their doom.
(d) The boat capsizes.

9. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

10. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?
(a) He never returns.
(b) The four men on the boat dive into the sea and swim toward shore.
(c) The four men on the boat cry.
(d) Another man joins him in waving.

11. What does the shark do for a long time?
(a) Swim the length of both sides of the boat.
(b) There is no shark.
(c) Show its teeth.
(d) Try to capsize the boat.

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

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

14. Who keeps their thoughts to himself in Part 4?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) All four men.

15. What did the recalled story mean to the reader at the time he read it?
(a) As heart-wrenching in its sadness and futility.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It reminded him of someone he knew.
(d) He thought it was funny.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who falls asleep in the soggy boat in Part 6?

2. Who died in the story recalled in Part 6?

3. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?

4. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?

5. In Part 4, what are the men unaware of?

(see the answer keys)

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