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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?
(a) He cannot get rid of them.
(b) His rifle.
(c) His good arm.
(d) An oar.

2. What do the waves seem determined to do?
(a) Escort the men to safety on land.
(b) Sweep the captain out of the boat and into the sea.
(c) Drown the dingy.
(d) The waves do not seem determined.

3. What do the men construct in Part 3 that yields immediate results?
(a) The sail.
(b) Fishing for dinner.
(c) Complaining about their circumstances.
(d) Yelling for help.

4. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?
(a) Angry.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Sad.

5. Why is the correspondent unable to see the lighthouse?
(a) There is no lighthouse.
(b) He is sleeping.
(c) His eyes are too tired to see so far in the distance.
(d) He is too busy rowing to turn around and see it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men use as a mast?

2. What do the correspondent and his rowing partner use to row?

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

4. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?

5. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?

(see the answer key)

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