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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Cole die?
(a) February 7.
(b) February 8.
(c) February 9.
(d) February 10.

2. What happens to Hendricks' boat on January 14?
(a) It catches fire.
(b) It capsizes.
(c) It runs out of provisions.
(d) It starts leaking.

3. Why does Joy request to be transferred to the captain's boat when he is close to dying?
(a) There is a doctor on the captain's boat.
(b) To die next to the captain.
(c) To die among Nantucketers.
(d) The captain's boat has more food.

4. What does Chase encounter at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) A shark and a whale.
(b) Porpoises and a whale.
(c) A shark and porpoises.
(d) A shark, porpoises, and a whale.

5. What direction do the winds blow from in the trades for seventy percent of the year?
(a) Northwest.
(b) Southwest.
(c) Southeast.
(d) Northeast.

6. What animals are used as food to help the crew stay alive in Chapter 9?
(a) Only birds.
(b) Only crabs.
(c) Birds and crabs.
(d) Neither birds nor crabs.

7. What do the men use in Chapter 10 to figure out their longitude?
(a) Latitude, a log line, and a compass.
(b) Only a log line and a compass.
(c) Only latitude and a log line.
(d) Only latitude and a compass.

8. What year is it when Chapter 12 begins?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1831.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1813.

9. Which one of the following is not a whale ship that the Hero encounters on its way to Chile?
(a) Dauphin.
(b) Diana.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Two Brothers.

10. What time is it on February 18 when Lawrence spots a sail?
(a) Eight p.m.
(b) Seven a.m.
(c) Seven p.m.
(d) Eight a.m.

11. After being rescued by the Dauphin, how many captains join Pollard for dinner at the end of Chapter 12?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

12. Why is it difficult for the Surry to land on Henderson Island during the rescue of the men?
(a) The rain is too heavy.
(b) The boat is too damaged.
(c) The coral is too dangerous.
(d) The wind is too strong.

13. Which one of the following is not included in the museum's exhibit of the Essex?
(a) A list of the crew.
(b) Signatures.
(c) Twine.
(d) The ship's truck.

14. What has Pollard's Nantucket house become in modern times?
(a) A museum.
(b) A library.
(c) A parking lot.
(d) A gift shop.

15. What do the men on Henderson Island think the gunshot is when it is fired in Chapter 13?
(a) An attack.
(b) A falling rock.
(c) A falling tree.
(d) Thunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being separated from Hendricks' boat, how far from the coast of South America is Pollard?

2. How long is it after avoiding the Society Islands in fear of cannibalism that the crew resorts to it for survival?

3. Who is in Pollard's boat towards the end of Chapter 11?

4. Why is the arrival of Chase, Lawrence, and Nickerson in Nantucket unexpected in Chapter 13?

5. As mentioned at the end of Chapter 13, where is the whale ship from that Chase later sails with?

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