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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The __________ keeps slumping over, causing Callahan to have to blow it up every ten or fifteen minutes.
(a) Bed.
(b) Sail.
(c) Still.
(d) Canopy

2. What is Callahan careful not to mistake a static cloud for in the distance as he is sailing out in the sea?
(a) A mountain range.
(b) A person.
(c) A fish.
(d) A bag of trash.

3. Maria Galante is the smallest ___________ is the chain and that is where Callahan is finally taken.
(a) Hotel.
(b) Island.
(c) Hut.
(d) City.

4. 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) Nothing.
(b) Puffer fish.
(c) Flouders.
(d) Tuna.

5. Callahan realizes too that he is beginning to be unable to taste the _________ in the water.
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Fish.
(c) Poison.
(d) Salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Callahan continue to work at night, even though the darkness prevents him from seeing what he is doing?

2. What is Callahan sitting in for days since the boat continues to have problems with taking on water?

3. What is the destination that Callahan aims for since he does not want to end up having to sail for 30 more days?

4. Callahan's need for __________ completely contradicts his need for food, water, and shelter.

5. What isn't tight enough to keep the boat from losing air after the damage was done by the fish?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the new source of food that Callahan finds which he has not seen in a while on his journey?

2. What is the first sign of land what Callahan sees when he wakes up during the night on April 20th?

3. How does Callahan finally fix the hole that has been ruining the solar still that he tries to use?

4. What does Callahan do to protect himself from a harsh landing on the rocky shore?

5. What does Callahan decide he wants to eat when he is in the hospital, refusing other types of nourishment?

6. What is becoming harder for Callahan to complete after he has fixed the breach in the boat?

7. What does Callahan do when he realizes that he may be about two weeks from land?

8. How does Callahan try to lure other fish to his boat in order to catch more food for his stockpile?

9. Who does Callahan suddenly imagine as his crew when he begins to see that fish is not going to sate him anymore?

10. What does Callahan do to celebrate the sight of land in the distance?

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