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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. How do the men feel about the results gained from constructing the sail?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Pleased.
(c) Angry.
(d) Disappointed.

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

3. Who advises the others not to overdo it?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The oiler.

4. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men use as a mast?

2. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?

3. Where is the lighthouse?

4. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?

5. What do the men search the shoreline for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does the chance of survival seem optimistic at best?

4. How do the four men view the seagulls?

5. Describe the actions of the man onshore while the four men are swimming toward shore.

6. How is the correspondent different from the other three men?

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

8. What does the correspondent see in the middle of Part 6, and what does he do as a result?

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

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

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