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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 focus on as they row in Part 1?
(a) The color of the sky.
(b) Each other.
(c) Only the wave in front of them.
(d) The fish that may become their dinner.

2. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The cook's.
(b) The oiler's.
(c) The captain's.
(d) The correspondent's.

3. In Part 4, what are the men unable to believe?
(a) That their boat has not sunk yet.
(b) That the sea will take them when they have come so close to shore.
(c) That they will survive this adventure.
(d) That they will remain friends with one another.

4. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

5. Who wishes for different company near the end of Part 5?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?

2. What do the men learn quickly?

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

4. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

5. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?

(see the answer key)

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