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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 will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?
(a) The oars.
(b) All of their strength.
(c) Strong wills.
(d) Good luck.

2. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?
(a) Three bitter enemies.
(b) Three close brothers.
(c) Three unlikely shipmates.
(d) Three lifelong friends.

3. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?
(a) His rifle.
(b) His good arm.
(c) An oar.
(d) He cannot get rid of them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?

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

3. Who bails water from the boat?

4. What begins to dart at the men?

5. Who is injured?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the men's hopes not sink at the beginning of Part 4?

3. What do the correspondent and cook argue about at the end of Part 1, and how is their dispute ended?

4. What do the oiler and correspondent take turns doing, and how?

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

6. What is the oiler doing in Part 1?

7. What does the correspondent see when he resurfaces after jumping from the boat?

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

9. What does the shark do?

10. What story does the correspondent recall reading?

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