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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bails water from the boat?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

2. How did the injured character sustain his injuries?
(a) It is not made clear.
(b) He was injured defending the ship.
(c) He was injured by nearly drowning.
(d) He fell and hurt himself.

3. What do the men entertain the thought of towards the end of Part 1?
(a) That they are starving.
(b) That someone will see them from shore.
(c) That they will die soon.
(d) That they can construct a sail.

4. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Each other.
(b) Starvation.
(c) Being rescued.
(d) A wall of water rushing at them.

5. Who tries to calm the other men?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?

2. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?

3. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?

4. What aims at the captain's head?

5. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the actions of the man onshore while the four men are swimming toward shore.

2. As the correspondent reaches the shore, what does he see the oiler doing?

3. What is the correspondent doing in Part 1?

4. Describe the setting at the beginning of Part 5.

5. When the boat is deluged again, what does the captain tell the others to do, and why?

6. What thoughts do the four men refrain from sharing at the beginning of Part 6?

7. Since they can see no one onshore in Part 7, what does the captain decide, and why?

8. What is unknown or unclear about the men's situation?

9. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?

10. What are the four men doing in Part 5?

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