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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are these four men returning from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Cuba.
(c) Ireland.
(d) It is not explained.

2. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?
(a) Beat them with an oar.
(b) Capture them.
(c) Shoot them.
(d) Shoo them away.

3. What does the captain remind the other men?
(a) That they will reach the shore.
(b) That they must rest.
(c) That they are nearly out of food.
(d) That they are going to die.

4. Who bails water from the boat?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

5. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The wind dies down.
(b) They are not forced into rowing again.
(c) The sail breaks.
(d) They never stop rowing.

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

7. Who is rowing when the lighthouse comes into view?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

8. What does the correspondent find in his pocket?
(a) A piece of paper.
(b) A match.
(c) Four dry cigars.
(d) Food.

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

10. How long do the oiler and correspondent take turns rowing in Part 2?
(a) For over a week.
(b) For nearly a month.
(c) For three days.
(d) For quite some time.

11. What do the men search the shoreline for?
(a) A life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(b) A restaurant.
(c) A hotel.
(d) Their families, awaiting their return.

12. What do the men learn quickly?
(a) That with each crashing wave, there is another one right on its wake.
(b) That they will never reach land.
(c) That they cannot construct a sail.
(d) That they are near land.

13. Where is the lighthouse?
(a) At Mosquito Inlet.
(b) In Italy.
(c) At Bumblee Cove.
(d) In Ireland.

14. What is being rocked as the novel opens?
(a) The baby.
(b) The large ship.
(c) The tiny boat.
(d) The carriage.

15. How do the men view the intruders?
(a) As an ominous omen.
(b) As friends.
(c) As disgusting and annoying.
(d) As potential food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?

2. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?

3. Who takes two oars first?

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

5. Who confirms seeing the lighthouse?

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