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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. What interaction did Moitessier have with the birds that followed his boat?
(a) He killed them because they were nuisances.
(b) He fed one by hand.
(c) He was tried to keep them off the deck.
(d) He killed them and ate them.

2. What mechanical device did Moitessier use to make his more involved repairs?
(a) A pulley system.
(b) A wheel.
(c) A fulcrum.
(d) A windlass.

3. How did Moitessier reconnoiter the town he saw in Trinidad?
(a) By rowing ashore.
(b) By walking around.
(c) By signal flare-light.
(d) By climbing the mast.

4. What had conditions been like when Moitessier approached Cape Horn with his wife on an earlier voyage?
(a) Calm.
(b) Foul.
(c) Stormy.
(d) Pleasant.

5. What were the conditions on Christmas?
(a) Rough.
(b) Gale.
(c) Balmy.
(d) Calm.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a good speed for Moitessier's ship?

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

4. What did Moitessier do when he was about 300 miles from the Cape of Good Hope?

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

(see the answer key)

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