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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 was Moitessier pondering after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) Anchoring to rest.
(b) Speaking to another ship.
(c) Sailing to South Africa.
(d) Going to Brazil.

2. What did Moitessier want to send to the Sunday Times?
(a) A request for information.
(b) A status report.
(c) A package.
(d) A message.

3. What illusion did Moitessier have at the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) That he was at home.
(b) That a man was laughing at him.
(c) That he was making record speeds.
(d) That he was sinking.

4. What part of the freighter hit Moitessier's boat?
(a) The boom.
(b) The side.
(c) The stern.
(d) The bow.

5. What did Moitessier think back to on Christmas?
(a) Sailing in England.
(b) Killing a rat in Tahiti.
(c) Having Christmas with his wife.
(d) Having ham at home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier think the porpoises were trying to tell him as he passed New Zealand?

2. What did Moitessier fantasize about after passing Tasmania?

3. What did Moitessier remember that happened on his previous boat?

4. What did Moitessier remember his Chinese nursemaid telling him about as a child?

5. What did Moitessier think about the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and Durban?

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