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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who keeps their thoughts to himself in Part 4?
(a) All four men.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

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

3. Who orders the sail made again in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

4. What does the man onshore do?
(a) Dive into the ocean to help the men.
(b) Wave frantically.
(c) Point and laugh.
(d) Shake his head and walk away.

5. What do the men wonder about as they head toward shore in Part 4 ?
(a) Why he has come so close to shore if he is going to be drowned.
(b) Why they cannot swim like the fish.
(c) Who will win the bet about the exact hour that they will reach shore.
(d) Whether they will see their families again.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?

2. Whose point of view is the entirety of "The Open Boat" told from?

3. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?

4. What do the men look for as they row in Part 4?

5. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?

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