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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

2. What does the correspondent do when he is allowed to stop rowing in Part 6?
(a) Eat dinner.
(b) He is not allowed to stop rowing.
(c) Drop into the soggy boat.
(d) Swim to shore.

3. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) The makeshift sail is not made again.
(b) Because the men are bored and need something to do.
(c) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.
(d) So that the oiler and the correspondent can sleep at the same time.

4. What do the men do to gain assistance from the wind in Part 3?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Hide under the boat.
(c) Row the oars.
(d) Make a sail.

5. Who recalls a story he once read in Part 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The correspondent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the men facing in Part 2?

2. What do the waves threaten to do?

3. Who sees houses and a windmill on shore in Part 7?

4. Who is injured?

5. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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