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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the correspondent keep an eye on in Part 6?
(a) The watch fire on the beach.
(b) The shark.
(c) The man on shore.
(d) The seagulls.

2. Whose point of view is the entirety of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) It alternates between the characters.
(d) The captain.

3. Who appears to be the main character in "The Open Boat"?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The captain.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

4. Whose point of view is Part 5 of "The Open Boat" told from?
(a) The correspondent's.
(b) The oiler's.
(c) The captain's.
(d) The cook's.

5. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?
(a) Their families waving to them.
(b) A bonfire to light their way.
(c) An omnibus full of people.
(d) The lighthouse shining on them.

6. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?
(a) A blanket.
(b) His arms.
(c) A black flag.
(d) His coat.

7. Why do the men have to take the boat back out to sea in Part 4?
(a) They forgot one of the men at sea.
(b) They do not take the boat back out to sea.
(c) They realize they are at the wrong island.
(d) They are suddenly deluged again.

8. What circles the boat?
(a) A shark.
(b) Vultures.
(c) Another boat.
(d) Seagulls.

9. What do the men do all afternoon after being deluged in Part 4?
(a) Laugh in the face of adversity.
(b) Yell for help.
(c) Take turns rowing.
(d) Mourn their fates.

10. What is the captain doing in Part 5?
(a) Crying.
(b) Rowing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating

11. Who says that they may as well head for shore in Part 4?
(a) The correspondent.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

12. Who died in the story recalled in Part 6?
(a) A mother.
(b) A correspondent.
(c) A Legionnaire.
(d) A priest.

13. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?
(a) They do not head out toward deeper water.
(b) Why the captain insists upon going out to deeper water.
(c) Why Nature is so cruel.
(d) Why no one has tried to find them.

14. Why do the men believe no one is coming to rescue them?
(a) Coward or incompetence.
(b) No one cares about them.
(c) Indifference.
(d) No one sees them.

15. What does the correspondent watch for in Part 5?
(a) The lighthouse to shine a light on them.
(b) The men on shore to signal them in.
(c) The seagulls to return.
(d) The blue glint of the shark's fin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do in Part 5?

2. What do the men look for as they row in Part 4?

3. What did the recalled story mean to the reader at the time he read it?

4. What do the men think that anyone who has seen them from onshore may believe?

5. What hope appears in Part 5?

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