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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men row?
(a) To save their lives.
(b) They do not row.
(c) For sport.
(d) For exercise.

2. What determines the gravity of a situation?
(a) Nature.
(b) The age of the people involved.
(c) The danger.
(d) Perspective and view.

3. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) Four men inside the boat.
(d) The captain.

4. What does the man onshore do?
(a) Point and laugh.
(b) Wave frantically.
(c) Dive into the ocean to help the men.
(d) Shake his head and walk away.

5. Who silently marks their adventure as the best experience that he has ever had?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?

2. What do the men realize when the water changes from gray to emerald green?

3. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?

4. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?

5. Which man's life is not of the sea?

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