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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. What begins to dart at the men?
(a) Waves.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) Wind.

2. Who first spots a lighthouse?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

3. What curls over the men?
(a) The rough wind.
(b) A warm blanket.
(c) Mountain-sized waves.
(d) Nothing.

4. Where is the lighthouse?
(a) In Ireland.
(b) In Italy.
(c) At Mosquito Inlet.
(d) At Bumblee Cove.

5. Who commands the tiny boat?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are these four men returning from?

2. What determines the gravity of a situation?

3. Who rows with the correspondent?

4. How do the men feel about the results gained from constructing the sail?

5. How do the men view their current situation in Part 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the correspondent do when the oiler takes his place at the oars in Part 6?

2. What does the correspondent think would happen in different circumstances as he sees the shark?

3. Describe the scene at the beginning of Part 1.

4. What are the four men about to do at the beginning of Part 5?

5. How does the correspondent feel about the recalled story now?

6. What does the captain finally spot near the end of Part 2?

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

8. Why is it important for the oiler and correspondent to retain their strength at the end of Part 6?

9. What do the four men see at the beginning of Part 4, and what do they think is odd?

10. What taunts the four men, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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