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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Moitessier heading toward Trinidad?
(a) To pick up supplies.
(b) To plan his strategy.
(c) To check in with the race committee.
(d) To drop off film.

2. How much water did Moitessier capture after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) 80 gallons.
(b) 8 gallons.
(c) 16 gallons.
(d) 32 gallons.

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

4. What had been used to make a jetty in the port at Trinidad?
(a) Old tires.
(b) Houses flooded in old storms.
(c) A sunken ship.
(d) Boulders.

5. Where is Trinidad?
(a) Off the coast of Morocco.
(b) Off the coast of India.
(c) Off the coast of France.
(d) Off the coast of Brazil.

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

7. Which competitor did Moitessier believe he had heard news of?
(a) Fougeron
(b) Knox-Johnston.
(c) King.
(d) Loick.

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

9. What did Moitessier want to send to the Sunday Times?
(a) A request for information.
(b) A status report.
(c) A message.
(d) A package.

10. How did Moitessier communicate for the first time with another ship?
(a) By Morse code.
(b) By signal flags.
(c) By semaphore.
(d) By radio.

11. What did a porpoise do after Moitessier struck sail?
(a) Laugh.
(b) Somersault.
(c) Disappear.
(d) Whistle.

12. When did Moitessier begin to prepare for his trip around the world?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1972.

13. What did Moitessier compare to a vibration on a boat?
(a) Covenants.
(b) Grace.
(c) The word.
(d) Purgatory.

14. What kind of boat did Nigel sail?
(a) Catamaran.
(b) Brigantine.
(c) Monohull.
(d) Trimaran.

15. Which competitors did Moitessier say were supposed to keep in radio contact?
(a) Loick and Nigel Tetley.
(b) Loick and Fougeron.
(c) Fougeron and Bill.
(d) Bill and Nigel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after Moitessier approached the town in Trinidad?

2. How did Moitessier try to communicate his condition?

3. What did Moitessier think back to on Christmas?

4. How did Moitessier typically sleep in good conditions?

5. What were the conditions on Christmas?

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