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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the captain doing in Part 5?

2. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?

3. Why do the men believe no one is coming to rescue them?

4. What does the correspondent do when he is allowed to stop rowing in Part 6?

5. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols (the sea, the lighthouse, the boat, etc.) used throughout the story to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

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

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