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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When do the men plan to attempt making it to shore in Part 6?
(a) In an hour.
(b) In the morning.
(c) In two days.
(d) Within a week.

2. How does the correspondent show great character in Part 5?
(a) By rowing continually.
(b) By letting the others sleep while he faces danger alone.
(c) He does not show great character in Part 5.
(d) By allowing the captain to eat his portion of their dinner.

3. What would the correspondent give almost anything for near the end of Part 5?
(a) For a good night's sleep.
(b) For a bite of food.
(c) For his friends to drown.
(d) For the shark to go away.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the makeshift sail made again in Part 6?

2. What does the man onshore do?

3. What does the man onshore use to wave like a black flag?

4. In Part 4, who tells the men to take the boat back out to sea?

5. What do the men see on shore at the beginning of Part 4?

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