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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How close to New Zealand did Moitessier pass?
(a) 120 miles.
(b) 310 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 40 miles.

2. What did Moitessier remember that happened on his previous boat?
(a) He had capsized.
(b) He had collided with a cargo ship.
(c) He had run aground.
(d) He was thrown off in a gale.

3. What was Moitessier running low on after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Food.
(b) Cooking fuel.
(c) Vitamins.
(d) Water.

4. What did Moitessier see when he first spied the town in Trinidad?
(a) People working.
(b) No activity ashore.
(c) People gathering to watch him sail by.
(d) People fixing fishing nets.

5. How is Moitessier progressing when he enters the Pacific Ocean?
(a) Cautiously.
(b) Very slowly.
(c) At record speed.
(d) At a good pace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far from Vietnam was Moitessier when he picked up Vietnamese radio?

2. What were the conditions on Christmas?

3. What happened to the fisherman who got magic powers when he saved a talking fish in the story?

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

5. Whose letters did Moitessier read about passing Cape Horn?

(see the answer key)

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