American Literature 246 Name: ____________________

Pop Quiz—The Open Boat

( 5 points possible)

Directions: Please fill the blank with the letter of the best answer.

_____1. How many men are in the boat?

A .two

B. four

C.six

_____2. Several times the narrator asks

A. for God to spare their boat and see them safely to shore.

B. if they are going to be drowned, why have they made it far enough to contemplate trees and sand.

C. why the rescue boat that saw them has not returned to rescue them.

_____3. True or False: The narrator reports a shark sighting while the men are adrift in the boat. (Please circle)

_____4. While adrift in the boat, the narrator recalls a childhood story of

A. a soldier dying in Algiers

B. a whale that swallowed sailors

C. a mutiny where some of the sailors ate their dead comrades to stay alive.

_____5. True or False: All the men in the boat make it to shore safely. (Please circle)