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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. What would make the men see their situation as glorious?

2. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?

3. What aims at the captain's head?

4. What makes the men feel the way they do about their current situation in Part 2?

5. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?

Short Essay Questions

1. What would the men think if they could view their situation from a different vantage point?

2. What do the four men see at the beginning of Part 4, and what do they think is odd?

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

4. Why is it important for the oiler and correspondent to retain their strength at the end of Part 6?

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

6. Near the end of Part 5, what does the correspondent want, and why?

7. What is the correspondent doing in Part 1?

8. How do the four men view the seagulls?

9. What is unknown or unclear about the men's situation?

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 does the relationship between the four men affect the story's plot?

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

How would the story be different if the oiler had lived?

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