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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. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?
(a) The oiler does not make this claims.
(b) Because there are no other life boats.
(c) Because they have not seen the other life boats.
(d) Because no one is out searching for them.

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

3. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?
(a) The waves.
(b) Being where they are.
(c) The storm.
(d) The small size of their boat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?

2. What does the sun transform the ocean into in Part 2?

3. Why do the men row?

4. What floats by to taunt the men?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cook doing in Part 1?

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

3. What thoughts do the four men keep to themselves?

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

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

6. When the boat is deluged again, what does the captain tell the others to do, and why?

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

8. What story does the correspondent recall reading?

9. What does the shark do?

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

(see the answer keys)

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