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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. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?

2. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?

3. Why do the oiler and correspondent sit on the same seat?

4. What do the men use as a sail?

5. Where is the lighthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the correspondent feel about the recalled story when he read it?

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

3. 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?

4. What do the correspondent and cook argue about at the end of Part 1, and how is their dispute ended?

5. When the captain interrupts the correspondent's reverie, what does he say, and how do the men react?

6. Describe the scene at the beginning of Part 1.

7. What is the oiler doing in Part 1?

8. What does the correspondent think as he tries to swim to the captain after escaping the current?

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

10. How does the captain try to calm the other three men?

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

How is perspective used in Crane's "The Open Boat"?

Essay Topic 3

How does the friendship between the four men affect the story?

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