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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chase put in each boat at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) A flat stone and leaves.
(b) A flat stone, firewood, and leaves.
(c) A flat stone and firewood.
(d) Firewood and leaves.

2. When did ships from Nantucket first start rounding Cape Horn?
(a) 1791.
(b) 1781.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1718.

3. How old is Captain George Pollard, Jr. when he boards the Essex in Chapter 2?
(a) Thirty- four years old.
(b) Twenty- four years old.
(c) Twenty- eight years old.
(d) Thirty- eight years old.

4. What discovery does the crew make on November 26?
(a) They are very close to South America.
(b) They sailed past South America.
(c) They are sailing towards South America.
(d) They are sailing parallel to South America.

5. Why does Pollard choose the Society Islands as the crew's destination?
(a) He has been there before.
(b) He has friends that live there.
(c) They are safer.
(d) They are closer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not included in the list of supplies that are loaded onto the Essex as it prepares for the journey in Chapter 1?

2. Why is it difficult for the men to row in Chapter 8?

3. Where is the first whale spotted in Chapter 3?

4. After stopping at the Cape Verde Islands in Chapter 3, how many spare whale boats does the Essex now have?

5. How do the men on Pollard's boat respond to the whale's attack?

(see the answer key)

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