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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interrupts the correspondent's reverie in Part 7?
(a) The cook.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

2. What provides the only sound in Part 5?
(a) The water.
(b) The wind.
(c) The men snoring.
(d) The people on shore.

3. What does the correspondent see when he comes up for air?
(a) The boat has disappeared.
(b) Men from shore swimming out to rescue them.
(c) His three companions are also above the water, struggling to shore.
(d) No one else has made it above water.

4. What does the captain say the boat will surely do in Part 7?
(a) Capsize.
(b) Make it to shore.
(c) Swamp.
(d) Sink.

5. What does the captain use to get rid of their intruders?
(a) His rifle.
(b) An oar.
(c) He cannot get rid of them.
(d) His good arm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do in Part 5?

2. What do the men do since they are unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?

3. What do the men do when the right wave finally comes over them in Part 7?

4. What does the correspondent decide he would do if given another chance at life?

5. Who bails water from the boat?

(see the answer key)

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