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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can the men do about the shark?

2. What happens when night comes at the end of Part 4?

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

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

5. Who replaces the correspondent on the rowing seat in Part 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols (the sea, the lighthouse, the boat, etc.) used throughout the story to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

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

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