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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?
(a) Why the captain insists upon going out to deeper water.
(b) Why Nature is so cruel.
(c) Why no one has tried to find them.
(d) They do not head out toward deeper water.

2. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The captain's.
(b) The oiler's.
(c) The cook's.
(d) The correspondent's.

3. What hope appears in Part 5?
(a) The winds quiet.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) A lifesaving boat.
(d) None.

4. What does the correspondent watch for in Part 5?
(a) The lighthouse to shine a light on them.
(b) The seagulls to return.
(c) The blue glint of the shark's fin.
(d) The men on shore to signal them in.

5. What don't the men share with each other in Part 6?
(a) Their food.
(b) Their dire thoughts.
(c) Their fears.
(d) Their longing to return home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men think is odd in Part 4?

2. How does the reader now view the recalled story in Part 6?

3. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?

4. What does the correspondent keep an eye on in Part 6?

5. What does the man onshore do?

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