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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Road of Trash.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Callahan use in order to create a makeshift sextant in order to plot his course?
(a) Wire.
(b) Rubber bands.
(c) Pencils.
(d) Tape.

2. What has become a frozen lump of rust, not very effective for signalling to passing ships?
(a) Callahan himself.
(b) His flare gun.
(c) The Harpoon gun.
(d) The space blanket.

3. When Callahan finds a strange mass in the ocean, he dines on the small __________ and shrimp which are located there.
(a) Mussels.
(b) Birds.
(c) Crabs.
(d) Flounders.

4. What does Callahan come across as he is sailing around on April 6th on the ocean?
(a) A deserted island.
(b) A sand bar.
(c) A stretch of trash and pollution.
(d) A ship.

5. With the wide range of _____________, only the dawn and the dusk give Callahan any relief during his trip.
(a) Waves.
(b) Water needs.
(c) Food options.
(d) Temperatures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Callahan pack which he felt he had good luck in bringing with him, though he hadn't expected to use it?

2. What has caused all of the sores and boils on Callahan's body as he has been sitting in his life raft?

3. What gives Callahan barely enough room to sit upright in the raft, let alone stretch out his full body?

4. Callahan believes that the water traffic will begin to pick up once he gets on the belt between Brazil and __________.

5. What does Callahan successfully kill with a lucky shot, though he is not able to bring it on board?

(see the answer key)

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