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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the reader now view the recalled story in Part 6?
(a) As heart-wrenching in its sadness and futility.
(b) He thinks it is funny.
(c) It reminds him of someone he knew.
(d) Nothing.
2. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?
(a) That they are simply out for sport.
(b) That saving them is hopeless.
(c) That they are an illusion.
(d) That they are already dead.
3. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The cook.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.
4. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) The lighthouse shining on them.
(b) A bonfire to light their way.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) Their families waving to them.
5. What do the men do in Part 5?
(a) Die by drowning.
(b) Try to swim to shore.
(c) Sleep peacefully.
(d) Spend one of the longest nights of their lives.
6. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?
(a) Rowing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Eating.
(d) Sleeping.
7. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?
(a) They will die.
(b) Someone will come with a lifeboat.
(c) Someone will swim out to sea to rescue them.
(d) They will have to swim to shore.
8. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?
(a) Everyone sleeps except the unfortunate one with the oars.
(b) The boat capsizes.
(c) A wave carries the four men further out to sea and, ultimately, their doom.
(d) The man on shore gives up on the four men stuck at sea.
9. Who do the men think would be cruel to allow them to die?
(a) The captain.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) The men on shore.
10. What do the men need both the oiler and correspondent's strength for in Part 6?
(a) Protecting the captain.
(b) Swimming to shore while carrying the cook.
(c) Cooking dinner.
(d) Rowing to shore.
11. What is the correspondent doing in Part 5?
(a) Crying.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Eating.
(d) Rowing.
12. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The oiler's.
(b) The correspondent's.
(c) The captain's.
(d) The cook's.
13. What does the man onshore do?
(a) Wave frantically.
(b) Point and laugh.
(c) Shake his head and walk away.
(d) Dive into the ocean to help the men.
14. What do the men do since they are unable to reach shore safely in Part 4?
(a) Accept their deaths.
(b) Head toward shore.
(c) Head toward another island.
(d) Head out to deeper water.
15. Who is ordered to make the sail again in Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The captain.
(d) The cook.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the correspondent curse?
2. What does the correspondent watch for in Part 5?
3. What do the men finally see near the end of Part 4?
4. What happens when the man onshore runs to a house?
5. Who is the four men's only company in Part 5?
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