The Long Way Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Bernard Moitessier
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 107 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Long Way Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Bernard Moitessier
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What friend, who had helped Moitessier build other boats, inspired him to figure out how to make repairs now?
(a) Henry Wakelam.
(b) Bill King.
(c) Loick.
(d) Nigel Tetley.

2. Where did Moitessier hit the doldrums?
(a) At Gibraltar.
(b) At the Cape of Good Hope.
(c) At the Cape Verde Islands.
(d) At the Canary Islands.

3. What did Moitessier capture in a bucket?
(a) Flying fish.
(b) Water spiders.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Plankton.

4. What did Moitessier do to ride out bad weather?
(a) Run.
(b) Anchor.
(c) Heave-to.
(d) Drop all sail.

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

6. Where had Moitessier sailed a junk?
(a) In Australia.
(b) In China.
(c) In England.
(d) In Vietnam.

7. What did Moitessier see after passing Tasmania?
(a) Seals.
(b) Icebergs.
(c) The mountains of South New Zealand.
(d) Fishermen.

8. What did Moitessier remember the weather interpreter needing in order to interpret the weather?
(a) Calm.
(b) Wine.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Quiet.

9. What did Moitessier avoid off the coast of Tasmania?
(a) A reef and a rock.
(b) Pirates.
(c) Sharks.
(d) A gale.

10. What did Moitessier feel about the thing he thought back to on Christmas?
(a) Bitterness.
(b) Regret.
(c) Fondness.
(d) Nostalgia.

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

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

13. What dangerous reef did Moitessier avoid near New Zealand?
(a) The Barrier Reef.
(b) Lighthouse Reef.
(c) The South Trap.
(d) Mount Reef.

14. What did Moitessier film following his ship?
(a) Whales.
(b) Flying fish.
(c) Pirates.
(d) Porpoises.

15. How did Moitessier try to determine whether there was a gale coming as he approached Australia?
(a) He read the clouds.
(b) He read the sun's position.
(c) He read the secondary swell.
(d) He read the wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier compare to a vibration on a boat?

2. What were conditions like after Moitessier passed the Cape of Good Hope?

3. Where did Moitessier get close to other ships?

4. What did Moitessier hope was communicated from his contact with the town in Trinidad?

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

(see the answer keys)

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