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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea seems optimistic at best?
(a) Surviving the storm.
(b) Reaching land.
(c) Finding dinner.
(d) Meeting their deadline.

2. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Being rescued.
(c) A wall of water rushing at them.
(d) Each other.

3. Where are the four men headed?
(a) The Bahamas.
(b) North America.
(c) It is not explained.
(d) Europe.

4. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?
(a) The wind.
(b) The boat.
(c) The men's spirits.
(d) Nothing.

5. How do the men view the intruders?
(a) As potential food.
(b) As disgusting and annoying.
(c) As friends.
(d) As an ominous omen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?

2. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?

3. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?

4. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

5. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?

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