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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What shape are the sails of the Essex?
(a) Circular.
(b) Square shaped.
(c) Triangular.
(d) Rectangular.
2. How do the men on Pollard's boat respond to the whale's attack?
(a) They throw their provisions overboard.
(b) They jump overboard.
(c) They attempt to stab the whale.
(d) They attempt to punch the whale.
3. How long does the crew of the Essex remain by the wrecked ship?
(a) Four nights.
(b) Three nights.
(c) Two nights.
(d) One night.
4. Which well known island is mentioned in Chapter 6 as a part of the Society Islands that the Nantucketers should have known about?
(a) Tasmania.
(b) Bermuda.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Bali.
5. After seventeen days in the boats, how far have the men sailed at the end of Chapter 7?
(a) Two thousand and one hundred miles.
(b) One thousand one hundred miles.
(c) Fourteen hundred and eighty miles.
(d) Eight hundred and forty miles.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do Pollard and Daniel Russell, the captain of the Aurora, discuss in Chapter 4?
2. How old is Captain George Pollard, Jr. when he boards the Essex in Chapter 2?
3. How many men normally would attempt to approach, harpoon, and kill the whale?
4. When the men are close enough to attack the whale, what is used in order to pierce its vital organs?
5. What time does Chase order the men to prepare the ship for whaling in Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the crew decide not to wait for another whale ship in the Offshore Ground?
2. How are the three whale boats divided and stocked for the trip at the end of Chapter 6?
3. What complaint does the crew bring to Pollard at the end of Chapter 3, and how does he handle it?
4. How does the crew of the Essex decide to sail towards South America instead of the Society Islands?
5. What happens when the Essex tries to leave Nantucket?
6. How is a whale killed by sailors?
7. How successful is the Essex off the coast of Peru?
8. What is done to the Essex in order to prepare it for the trip?
9. How do two whales escape from Chase's boat in the beginning of Chapter 5?
10. How is the Essex described in Chapter 1?
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