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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the men facing in Part 2?
(a) Starvation.
(b) Being rescued.
(c) A wall of water rushing at them.
(d) Each other.

2. What floats by to taunt the men?
(a) Seagulls.
(b) A message in a bottle.
(c) Seaweed.
(d) A jacket.

3. Who silently marks their adventure as the best experience that he has ever had?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The captain.

4. Who disagrees with the correspondent near the end of Part 1?
(a) The captain.
(b) The cook.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The correspondent.

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

6. Why are these four men on the tiny boat?
(a) Their ship was destroyed by pirates.
(b) They are returning from an expedition for gold.
(c) It is not explained.
(d) They were out fishing and got caught in the storm.

7. What would make the men see their situation as glorious?
(a) They do see it as glorious.
(b) Absolutely nothing.
(c) Escaping from it.
(d) Viewing it from a vantage point.

8. Who loses concept of time?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The four men.
(d) The captain.

9. Why is it obvious that none of the other life boats have made it back to shore?
(a) Because no one is out searching for them.
(b) Because there are no other life boats.
(c) Because they have not seen the other life boats.
(d) The oiler does not make this claims.

10. Who calms the dispute towards the end of Part 1?
(a) The captain.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The cook.

11. What suggests the men have been on a noteworthy trip?
(a) Their eagerness to reach safety.
(b) The presence of the correspondent.
(c) Their nice clothes.
(d) The presence of the captain.

12. What is in better view towards the end of Part 3?
(a) The lighthouse.
(b) Land.
(c) The sun.
(d) The waves.

13. What do the men entertain the thought of towards the end of Part 1?
(a) That someone will see them from shore.
(b) That they will die soon.
(c) That they are starving.
(d) That they can construct a sail.

14. What do the men construct in Part 3 that yields immediate results?
(a) Complaining about their circumstances.
(b) The sail.
(c) Yelling for help.
(d) Fishing for dinner.

15. Who rows with the correspondent?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The correspondent.
(d) The captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What idea seems optimistic at best?

2. How do the men view the intruders?

3. Who advises the others not to overdo it?

4. Who is present at the opening of the novel?

5. What does the captain try to do to their intruders?

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