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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Katherine leave from in the boat?
(a) Doctor's Gully.
(b) Byron Bay.
(c) Emu Park.
(d) Broome.

2. When was James Bartley swallowed by a whale?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1876.

3. What did the inhabitants of Minorca and Majorca beg Augustus Caesar to rid their islands of?
(a) Termites.
(b) Snakes.
(c) Flies.
(d) Rabbits.

4. What is remembered about William Huskisson?
(a) That he was a novelist.
(b) That he was a politican and a financier.
(c) That he was a poet.
(d) That he was the first person run down and killed by a train.

5. When was a painting created about the shipwreck of the Medusa?
(a) 1844.
(b) 1819.
(c) 1831.
(d) 1856.

Short Answer Questions

1. What restaurant name is on the baseball cap that Katherine wears on the boat?

2. When did the expedition set off for Senegal?

3. How many soldiers were on the frigate?

4. On what ship did James Bartley work as a sailor?

5. What lifeboat did Lawrence escape in when he was on the Titanic?

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