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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Moitessier's strategy in the around the world race?
(a) To pass the three capes early.
(b) To sail with the warm weather.
(c) To sail with the dominant currents.
(d) To save the capes until the end.

3. What did Moitessier have to do when a gale hit?
(a) Strike the sails.
(b) Raise the sails.
(c) Reef the sails.
(d) Trim the sails.

4. What broke Moitessier's sextant?
(a) A wave.
(b) A seagull.
(c) The stove.
(d) He dropped it.

5. What did Moitessier watch after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) The water.
(b) The sails.
(c) The birds that follow his ship.
(d) His food supply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had been used to make a jetty in the port at Trinidad?

2. Where did Moitessier begin his trip around the world?

3. Where did Moitessier hit the doldrums?

4. What part of the freighter hit Moitessier's boat?

5. How did Moitessier communicate with the freighter at first?

(see the answer key)

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