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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 does the sun transform the ocean into in Part 2?
(a) A friendly acquaintance.
(b) A spectacular light show.
(c) A warm bath.
(d) A nightmarish deathtrap.

2. What is the boat comparable to in size?
(a) A house.
(b) A mountain.
(c) A bathtub.
(d) A sofa.

3. How does the object in Part 2 taunt the men?
(a) The seaweed does not taunt the men.
(b) By reminding them of their impending deaths.
(c) By making them hungry.
(d) By reminding them that the shore is far away.

4. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Leave the men alone.
(b) Knock the captain overboard.
(c) Join the four men on the boat.
(d) Die.

5. What do the waves threaten to do?
(a) Drown the boat.
(b) Sweep the men out to sea.
(c) Beat the boat into the rocks.
(d) Calm down.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men learn quickly?

2. What determines the gravity of a situation?

3. How do the men view the intruders?

4. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?

5. How did the injured character sustain his injuries?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Describe the setting at the beginning of Part 5.

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

4. How does the captain try to calm the other three men?

5. What do the four men wonder in Part 4, and what do they think that the people onshore may believe?

6. How do the four men view the seagulls?

7. What do the four men see at the beginning of Part 4, and what do they think is odd?

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

9. In Part 4, where does the captain instruct the others to take the boat, and why?

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

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