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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of Part 3, how long do the men guess it will now take them to reach shore?

2. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?

3. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?

4. What aims at the captain's head?

5. What do the intruders finally do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the sail is constructed, and how do the four men feel about it?

2. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?

3. Throughout their adventure, how does the relationship between the four men change, and why?

4. After the oiler takes the correspondent's place at the oars in Part 6, what does the captain tell the cook to do, and why?

5. What do the men see as they row for their lives in Part 1?

6. What thoughts do the four men keep to themselves?

7. Describe the setting at the beginning of Part 5.

8. In Part 4, where does the captain instruct the others to take the boat, and why?

9. What role do the seagulls play in Part 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the setting of "The Open Boat" significant? What would change if the story were set in a different location?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the story that the correspondent recalls about the Legionnaire who died in Algiers? How does this contribute to the book as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you view as the protagonist, and why?

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