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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Slocum recalls receiving a warm welcome when he arrived at which location?
(a) Montevideo.
(b) Tasmania.
(c) Cape of Good Hope.
(d) Gibraltar.

2. How many female students accompanied the teachers?
(a) 97.
(b) 82.
(c) 108.
(d) 63.

3. In what year did Slocum buy the boat from the captain?
(a) 1888.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1882.

4. Slocum says that he had _____ to keep him company.
(a) Birds.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Bible.
(d) Coral reefs.

5. Tobago is located off which Venezuelan river?
(a) Caroni.
(b) Orinoco.
(c) Rio Negro.
(d) Angel Falls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective best describes the Brits' attitude toward Slocum?

2. What is the "Pilot of Keeling Cocos?"

3. What is bacalhao?

4. What gift was received by Slocum after he returned home?

5. Slocum discusses his trip to which island named after a day of the week?

(see the answer key)

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