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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cook doing in Part 5?

2. What do all of the men think about in Part 6?

3. Why do the men believe no one is coming to rescue them?

4. What is the oiler doing in Part 5?

5. In regards to the shark, what does the correspondent think he would not do in different circumstances?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is perspective used in Crane's "The Open Boat"?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the oiler being the only character who is named and the only character who dies?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the four men. How are their relationships with nature similar and different?

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