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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 5, why is the correspondent the only one who is scared by the shark?
(a) Because he is the only one who is not used to the sea.
(b) Because he is the only one in the water.
(c) Because it is a figment of his imagination.
(d) Because he is the only one awake.

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

4. Since the four men on the boat have now been seen, what do think they think will surely happen very soon?
(a) Someone will come with a lifeboat.
(b) They will have to swim to shore.
(c) Someone will swim out to sea to rescue them.
(d) They will die.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the reader now view the recalled story in Part 6?

3. Why do the men think it would be cruel if they die?

4. What do the men see soon after the man onshore returns from the house?

5. Who stops the correspondent's watch of the object in Part 6?

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