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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Moitessier use Vaseline on his boat?
(a) Reef points.
(b) Spreaders.
(c) Mast rungs.
(d) The sail track.

2. How much fresh water did Moitessier have to drink every day?
(a) 3 quarts.
(b) 1 gallon.
(c) 1 quart.
(d) 2 quarts.

3. What is pitch-poling?
(a) Capsizing front-first.
(b) Capsizing side-first.
(c) Putting the wind dead astern.
(d) Using a spar to hold out the sails in light air.

4. What were the glowing balls Moitessier saw on the staysail and in the sea?
(a) Dead squid.
(b) Plankton.
(c) Jellyfish.
(d) Small fish.

5. For what purpose did Moitessier put on his wetsuit?
(a) Scraping barnacles.
(b) Fending off icebergs.
(c) Weathering a snowstorm.
(d) Sleeping.

6. What did Moitessier toss to a small launch?
(a) His resignation from the race.
(b) Film and photos.
(c) His log books and notes.
(d) Letters to his family.

7. How did Moitessier make money to finance his sailing?
(a) By performing repairs on other ships.
(b) By writing about his sailing.
(c) By taking charters.
(d) By working for short stints in port.

8. What distinction does Cape Horn have of the three capes?
(a) It is the most unpredictable.
(b) It is the calmest.
(c) It is the stormiest.
(d) It is the farthest south.

9. What did Moitessier try to do but not do in the Falkland Islands?
(a) Scrape the barnacles off the hull.
(b) Relax.
(c) Pick up supplies.
(d) Give word of his position.

10. What was Moitessier trying to avoid as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Capsizing.
(b) Running.
(c) Rolling.
(d) Pitch-poling.

11. How did Moitessier think of the bulldozers and concrete mixers?
(a) As instruments of progress bring civilization to a backward people.
(b) As noisy, ungraceful machines compared to his steel ship.
(c) As robots paving over civilization.
(d) As slaves accomplishing diabolical capitalist motives.

12. How much water did Moitessier have after rounding Cape Horn?
(a) 40 gallons.
(b) 60 gallons.
(c) 100 gallons.
(d) 80 gallons.

13. In which ocean was Moitessier knocked down twice?
(a) Arctic Ocean.
(b) Atlantic Ocean.
(c) Indian Ocean.
(d) Pacific Ocean.

14. What are reef points?
(a) Buoys that mark reefs.
(b) The moment in a gale when he would reef sails.
(c) Lines to reduce sail area.
(d) The point at which the mast hits the water in a knockdown.

15. What Bible passage were characters debating in the book Moitessier was reading?
(a) In the beginning there was the Word.
(b) Have dominion over the birds and beasts.
(c) Thou shalt rule over sin.
(d) Be fruitful and multiply.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier remember his Chinese nursemaid telling him about as a child?

2. Where was the boat when Moitessier woke up from his sleep?

3. Who did Moitessier tell himself the figure in his daydream really was?

4. Whose letters did Moitessier read about passing Cape Horn?

5. What news did Moitessier get about the other racers?

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