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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 when the intruders leave?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Angry.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Sad.

2. How long do the oiler and correspondent take turns rowing in Part 2?
(a) For three days.
(b) For over a week.
(c) For quite some time.
(d) For nearly a month.

3. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?
(a) Hide under the boat.
(b) Make a sail.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Row the oars.

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

5. Who commands the tiny boat?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as the men get closer to land?

2. What would make the men see their situation as glorious?

3. Who first spots a lighthouse?

4. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?

5. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Near the end of Part 5, what does the correspondent want, and why?

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

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

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

7. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?

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

9. Who rows together, and how?

10. Who is the captain of the boat, and what is his crew comprised of?

(see the answer keys)

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