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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?
(a) Their families.
(b) A lighthouse.
(c) A man on the shore.
(d) A tiny house.

2. Who rows with the correspondent?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

3. In regards to the shark, what does the correspondent think he would not do in different circumstances?
(a) Curse the sea.
(b) Be jealous of the shark
(c) Fear the shark.
(d) Love the shark.

4. What do the waves threaten to do?
(a) Sweep the men out to sea.
(b) Calm down.
(c) Beat the boat into the rocks.
(d) Drown the boat.

5. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?
(a) Shoot them.
(b) Capture them.
(c) Shoo them away.
(d) Beat them with an oar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?

2. What does the correspondent take turns doing with the oiler in Part 2?

3. How does the reader now view the recalled story in Part 6?

4. Who is the only person awake in Part 5?

5. Why do the oiler and correspondent sit on the same seat?

(see the answer key)

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