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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What will the men need in order to reach the shore if the boat overturns?
(a) All of their strength.
(b) The oars.
(c) Strong wills.
(d) Good luck.

2. Who is forced into rowing again in Part 3?
(a) The oiler and the captain.
(b) The cook and the captain.
(c) The correspondent and the captain.
(d) The correspondent and the oiler.

3. What does the oiler say near the end of Part 1?
(a) That they will soon be rescued.
(b) That it is too early to worry about either a life-saving station or a house of refuge.
(c) That he cannot row any longer.
(d) That he would rather be dead than continue this struggle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the four men become the most loyal of friends?

2. What do the men learn quickly?

3. Where do the four men hope to find refuge?

4. Who bails water from the boat?

5. What is the only thing the men can see at the book's beginning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the captain advise the others to do at the end of Part 3?

2. Describe the setting at the beginning of Part 5.

3. What does the captain finally spot near the end of Part 2?

4. As the correspondent reaches the shore, what does he see the oiler doing?

5. When the boat is deluged again, what does the captain tell the others to do, and why?

6. What is the captain doing in Part 1?

7. What are the four men doing in Part 5?

8. What is unknown or unclear about the men's situation?

9. What would the men think if they could view their situation from a different vantage point?

10. What does the sight of the lighthouse do to the four men?

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