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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who recalls a story he once read in Part 6?
(a) The cook.
(b) The oiler.
(c) The captain.
(d) The correspondent.

2. Who is the four men's only company in Part 5?
(a) The wind.
(b) The waves.
(c) A shark.
(d) The man from shore.

3. What do the men do in Part 5?
(a) Die by drowning.
(b) Sleep peacefully.
(c) Spend one of the longest nights of their lives.
(d) Try to swim to shore.

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

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

6. Who replaces the correspondent on the rowing seat in Part 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) No one.
(c) The cook.
(d) The oiler.

7. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?
(a) So that the oiler and the correspondent can sleep at the same time.
(b) So that the oiler and the captain can sleep at the same time.
(c) The makeshift sail is not made again.
(d) Because the men are bored and need something to do.

8. What don't the men share with each other in Part 6?
(a) Their fears.
(b) Their food.
(c) Their longing to return home.
(d) Their dire thoughts.

9. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Home.
(c) Food.
(d) Death.

10. Who spots a watch fire on the beach in Part 6?
(a) The oiler.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The cook.
(d) The captain.

11. What provides light for the men in Part 5?
(a) There is no light.
(b) The lighthouse.
(c) A bonfire on shore.
(d) A candle lit by a match.

12. In Part 4, what are the men unaware of?
(a) They are being mocked by nature.
(b) No one can see them.
(c) The ship has a hole in it.
(d) That there is no life-saving station anywhere near where they are.

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

14. 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 swim out to sea to rescue them.
(c) Someone will come with a lifeboat.
(d) They will have to swim to shore.

15. Who is the only person awake at the beginning of Part 6?
(a) The captain.
(b) The correspondent.
(c) The oiler.
(d) The cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man onshore do?

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

3. What do the men need both the oiler and correspondent's strength for in Part 6?

4. In Part 6, what is the correspondent told to do?

5. What do the men wonder about as they head out toward deeper water in Part 4?

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