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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If the Essex returns with sufficient product, how much money is Thomas Nickerson expecting to make from the trip?
(a) One hundred dollars.
(b) Two hundred dollars.
(c) One hundred and fifty dollars.
(d) Two hundred and fifty dollars.

2. When does the loading of the Essex begin?
(a) July 5.
(b) July 15.
(c) August 5.
(d) August 15.

3. How old is Thomas Nickerson when he first boards the Essex?
(a) Fourteen years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Fifteen years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

4. Unknown to the crew in Chapter 9, how many miles away from the island is a community with food and water?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Three hundred.
(c) Four hundred.
(d) Two hundred.

5. How long is the huge whale that appears off the port bow in Chapter 5?
(a) Sixty -five feet long.
(b) Seventy- five feet long.
(c) Eighty- five feet long.
(d) Ninety- five feet long.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Hendricks' boat on January 14?

2. What do the men do in order to prevent water from splashing over the edges of the remaining boats?

3. How far off the coast of New England is Nantucket located?

4. Out of twenty men who witnessed the sinking of the Essex, how many total men survived?

5. Which one of the following is not a whale ship that the Hero encounters on its way to Chile?

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