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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the men use as a mast?
(a) A mast.
(b) A mop.
(c) One of the men.
(d) An oar.

3. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

4. What is being rocked as the novel opens?
(a) The tiny boat.
(b) The carriage.
(c) The baby.
(d) The large ship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are these four men returning from?

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

3. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?

4. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?

5. Who advises the others not to overdo it?

(see the answer key)

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