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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 exhaustion overtaking in Part 3?
(a) The two rowers and the captain.
(b) The correspondent and the oiler.
(c) The two rowers and the man doing the bailing.
(d) The cook and the captain.

2. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Join the four men on the boat.
(b) Leave the men alone.
(c) Knock the captain overboard.
(d) Die.

3. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The correspondent and the captain.
(b) The correspondent and the oiler.
(c) The oiler and the captain.
(d) The cook and the captain.

4. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?
(a) Make a sail.
(b) Hide under the boat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Row the oars.

5. Who is on the boat besides the cook, oiler, and captain?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men search the shoreline for?

2. Who is the crew on the tiny boat?

3. Who tries to calm the other men?

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

5. What does the captain do in Part 1?

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