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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose nature is naturally more cynical than the others'?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The oiler.

2. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.

3. What begins to dart at the men?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Waves.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Wind.

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

5. What do the men learn quickly?
(a) That they cannot construct a sail.
(b) That they are near land.
(c) That they will never reach land.
(d) That with each crashing wave, there is another one right on its wake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How do the men feel about the results gained from constructing the sail?

3. What does the captain remind the other men?

4. What is the oiler doing at the beginning of the novel?

5. What happens as the men get closer to land?

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