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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 would make the men see their situation as glorious?
(a) Absolutely nothing.
(b) Escaping from it.
(c) They do see it as glorious.
(d) Viewing it from a vantage point.

2. Who is injured?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

3. What is being rocked as the novel opens?
(a) The carriage.
(b) The baby.
(c) The large ship.
(d) The tiny boat.

4. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?
(a) The presence of the correspondent.
(b) Their nice clothes.
(c) Their eagerness to reach safety.
(d) The presence of the captain.

5. What do the men use as a sail?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A tarp.
(c) A sail.
(d) The captain's overcoat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?

2. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?

3. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?

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

5. Who is exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the four men construct a sail, and how?

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

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

4. How did the correspondent feel about the recalled story when he read it?

5. What happens after the sail is constructed, and how do the four men feel about it?

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

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

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

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

10. After the oiler takes the correspondent's place at the oars in Part 6, what does the captain tell the cook to do, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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