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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death, Life, A Man Alone, and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At dinner, Callahan eats a large amount of ____________ food, surprising everyone with the appetite he has.
(a) Raw.
(b) American.
(c) Creole.
(d) Indian.

2. What does Callahan catch when he tries to do some line fishing on the boat in order to catch food in a new way?
(a) Flouders.
(b) Puffer fish.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Nothing.

3. What gives Callahan barely enough room to sit upright in the raft, let alone stretch out his full body?
(a) Tent like canopy.
(b) A sail.
(c) The sides.
(d) The mast.

4. Callahan is plagued by ________ and loss at all of the items he was not able to bring with him on the raft.
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Shame.
(c) Grief.
(d) Guilt.

5. What does Callahan fear what he will land against when he is finally at the shoreline and near land?
(a) Deadly fish.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Coral reef.
(d) Other boats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Callahan eat on his birthday in order to have a small celebration?

2. What wakes Callahan up in the middle of the night and in the middle of the storm after he went to bed?

3. With the wide range of _____________, only the dawn and the dusk give Callahan any relief during his trip.

4. Once the temperatures have turned warm, Callahan has no more fears of ___________ taking hold at night.

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

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