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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 are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The sail breaks.
(b) The wind dies down.
(c) They never stop rowing.
(d) They are not forced into rowing again.

2. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Eating dinner.
(c) Constructing a makeshift sail.
(d) Taking his turn with the oars.

3. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?
(a) Eating dinner.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Rowing with both oars.
(d) Complaining about their chance of being rescued.

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

5. What do the waves seem determined to do?
(a) Drown the dingy.
(b) Sweep the captain out of the boat and into the sea.
(c) The waves do not seem determined.
(d) Escort the men to safety on land.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the four men become the most loyal of friends?

2. What do the waves threaten to do?

3. What aims at the captain's head?

4. What do the men use as a mast?

5. What curls over the men?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What would the men think if they could view their situation from a different vantage point?

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

4. What does the correspondent think about nature in Part 7?

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

6. What is the result of the four men going without sleep for two days and nights?

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

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

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

10. What does the sight of the lighthouse do to the four men?

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