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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Moitessier try to do but not do in the Falkland Islands?
(a) Give word of his position.
(b) Relax.
(c) Pick up supplies.
(d) Scrape the barnacles off the hull.

2. What was Moitessier thinking about his competitors when he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) How much food they had.
(b) Whether they had been faster.
(c) How much water they had.
(d) Whether they had made it.

3. What state was Moitessier in when he fell asleep on Christmas?
(a) Exultant.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Drunk.

4. When Moitessier thinks about a crew that ran out of water, what did he remember them trying to survive on?
(a) Plankton and krill.
(b) Flying fish.
(c) Dew from the sails.
(d) Ice and fish.

5. What did Moitessier find when he reached the Galapagos Islands?
(a) Seal hunters' shacks.
(b) A small town.
(c) Seals and penguins.
(d) A research station.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier fantasize about at Christmas?

2. What did a porpoise do after Moitessier struck sail?

3. What illusion did Moitessier have at the Cape of Good Hope?

4. What was Moitessier wondering about when he rounded the Horn?

5. What reduced Moitessier's speed after passing Tasmania?

(see the answer key)

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