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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?
(a) Food.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Home.
(d) Death.

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

3. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?
(a) Take the boat a little further out to sea.
(b) Switch positions with the oiler.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Stop looking at the watchfire.

4. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?
(a) By letting the others sleep while he faces danger alone.
(b) He does not show great character in Part 5.
(c) By rowing continually.
(d) By allowing the captain to eat his portion of their dinner.

5. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) The makeshift sail is not made again.
(b) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.
(c) Because the men are bored and need something to do.
(d) So that the oiler and the correspondent can sleep at the same time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?

3. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?

4. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

5. What does the correspondent watch for in Part 5?

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