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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. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The correspondent and the captain.
(b) The cook and the captain.
(c) The oiler and the captain.
(d) The correspondent and the oiler.

2. Where do the four men hope to find refuge?
(a) Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse.
(b) Bumblebee Cove.
(c) Italy.
(d) Ireland.

3. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Being rescued.
(b) Each other.
(c) Starvation.
(d) A wall of water rushing at them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the lighthouse?

2. Who first spots a lighthouse?

3. What do the men use as a sail?

4. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?

5. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the men see as they row for their lives in Part 1?

3. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?

4. How does the correspondent feel about the recalled story now?

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

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

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

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

9. What story does the correspondent recall reading?

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

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