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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the old saying about gales and stars?
(a) The wind makes the low stars twinkle.
(b) The gale makes the low clouds disappear first.
(c) The spray makes the low stars brighter.
(d) The heaving makes the low stars hard to read.

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

3. What did Moitessier remember his Chinese nursemaid telling him about as a child?
(a) His parents' hopes for him.
(b) The organization of the universe.
(c) The god in everyone.
(d) The difference between right and wrong.

4. What did Moitessier do when he was about 300 miles from the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) Transmit his location to a passing ship.
(b) Stop for repairs.
(c) Throw stuff overboard to lighten the ship.
(d) Stop for supplies.

5. What did Moitessier use to increase leverage when he was making repairs?
(a) A pry bar.
(b) Spare line.
(c) A spare staysail boom.
(d) The mast.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier call civilization?

2. What distinction does Cape Horn have of the three capes?

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

4. What gift did Moitessier accept from journalists?

5. What did Moitessier do when he hit light winds after passing Trinidad?

(see the answer key)

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