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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is temporarily buoyed by the sight of the lighthouse?
(a) The wind.
(b) The boat.
(c) Nothing.
(d) The men's spirits.

2. How long has it been since the four men have slept?
(a) Four days.
(b) Two days and nights.
(c) A few hours.
(d) A week.

3. What does the correspondent argue about?
(a) Who will fix dinner.
(b) Whether they will survive.
(c) The difference between a life-saving station and a house of refuge.
(d) When they will be rescued.

4. Who is injured?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who recalls a story he once read in Part 6?

3. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?

4. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?

5. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?

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