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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In regards to the shark, what does the correspondent think he would not do in different circumstances?
(a) Fear the shark.
(b) Be jealous of the shark
(c) Love the shark.
(d) Curse the sea.

2. What did the recalled story mean to the reader at the time he read it?
(a) Nothing.
(b) It reminded him of someone he knew.
(c) As heart-wrenching in its sadness and futility.
(d) He thought it was funny.

3. What does the correspondent curse?
(a) The wind.
(b) His friends.
(c) Nature.
(d) The sea.

4. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?
(a) Another man joins him in waving.
(b) He never returns.
(c) The four men on the boat dive into the sea and swim toward shore.
(d) The four men on the boat cry.

5. What do the men look for as they row in Part 4?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) Men on the shore.
(c) New dots on the horizon that might signal their rescue.
(d) A fire to warm them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

2. Who is ordered to make the sail again in Part 6?

3. Who wishes for different company near the end of Part 5?

4. What would the correspondent give almost anything for near the end of Part 5?

5. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?

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