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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who replaces the correspondent on the rowing seat in Part 6?
(a) No one.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

2. Why do the men row?
(a) For sport.
(b) They do not row.
(c) To save their lives.
(d) For exercise.

3. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?
(a) The slate color of the water.
(b) The lighthouse at Mosquito Inlet.
(c) The clouds in the sky.
(d) The shark circling the boat.

4. Which character is the first to be rescued by the man from shore?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The captain.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

5. Why do the four men become the most loyal of friends?
(a) Their current circumstances.
(b) They have always been loyal friends.
(c) They do not.
(d) They are very alike.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?

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

3. In Part 5, who does the correspondent wish would wake up?

4. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?

5. What does the correspondent think must be an incredible relief from the pain and struggle as he swims in place?

(see the answer key)

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