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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, and 6, pp. 42-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Describe the interior of Nukuheva.
(a) A swamp.
(b) An arid plain.
(c) Mountainous.
(d) A large lake.

2. What happens to the people the French threaten?
(a) They refuse to take down the English flag.
(b) They are arrested by the French.
(c) They respond with gunfire.
(d) They submit to the French.

3. Where did the French Admiral sail for after Nukuheva?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) Australia.
(d) Borneo.

4. What do the French want to demonstrate to the natives at Nukuheva?
(a) Their compassion.
(b) Their desire to trade.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their power.

5. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?
(a) Three years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?

2. Where does the captain tell the sailors to stay near?

3. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?

4. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?

5. On what kind of ship is the narrator sailing?

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