The Open Boat Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Open Boat Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is present at the opening of the novel?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) Four men inside the boat.

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

3. What do the intruders finally do?
(a) Knock the captain overboard.
(b) Die.
(c) Join the four men on the boat.
(d) Leave the men alone.

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

5. Near the end of Part 3, how long do the men guess it will now take them to reach shore?
(a) An hour.
(b) A day.
(c) A week.
(d) Five minutes.

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

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

8. What begins to dart at the men?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Waves.
(c) Wind.
(d) Seagulls.

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

10. Where do the four men hope to find refuge?
(a) Bumblebee Cove.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Mosquito Inlet Lighthouse.

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

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

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

14. How do the men feel when the intruders leave?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Angry.
(d) Sad.

15. Who is trying to figure out what he is doing on the boat?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?

2. What curls over the men?

3. Who first spots a lighthouse?

4. Why are the men forced into rowing again in Part 3?

5. What do the men use as a mast?

(see the answer keys)

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