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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose point of view is the entirety of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) It alternates between the characters.
(d) The correspondent.

2. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) The lighthouse shining on them.
(b) A bonfire to light their way.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) Their families waving to them.

3. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?
(a) Everyone sleeps except the unfortunate one with the oars.
(b) The man on shore gives up on the four men stuck at sea.
(c) The boat capsizes.
(d) A wave carries the four men further out to sea and, ultimately, their doom.

4. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

5. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?
(a) That they are an illusion.
(b) That saving them is hopeless.
(c) That they are already dead.
(d) That they are simply out for sport.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only person awake in Part 5?

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

3. Who do the men think would be cruel to allow them to die?

4. What do the men finally see near the end of Part 4?

5. Who spots a watch fire on the beach in Part 6?

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