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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. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?
(a) He is sleeping.
(b) He is too busy rowing to turn around and see it.
(c) There is no lighthouse.
(d) His eyes are too tired to see so far in the distance.

2. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?
(a) That he would rather be dead than continue this struggle.
(b) That he cannot row any longer.
(c) That it is too early to worry about either a life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(d) That they will soon be rescued.

3. What do the men construct in Part 3 that yields immediate results?
(a) The sail.
(b) Fishing for dinner.
(c) Yelling for help.
(d) Complaining about their circumstances.

4. What do the men realize when the water changes from gray to emerald green?
(a) That the storm has lifted.
(b) That it must be daylight.
(c) That the storm has arrived.
(d) That it is nighttime.

5. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) The waves.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) Land.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as the men get closer to land?

2. How do the men view the intruders?

3. What do the men learn quickly?

4. Who rows with the correspondent?

5. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 4, where does the captain instruct the others to take the boat, and why?

2. What does the correspondent think about his time in the boat?

3. What is the only thing that the correspondent can do in Part 5 while the shark is present?

4. What does the correspondent see when he wakes at the beginning of Part 7?

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

6. What thoughts do the four men keep to themselves?

7. What does the correspondent think as he tries to swim to the captain after escaping the current?

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

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

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

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