Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Steven Callahan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Adrift: Seventy-Six Days Lost at Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Steven Callahan
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does Callahan bail out sea water from the boat as he is drifting in the ocean?
(a) His shoe.
(b) Coffee mug.
(c) A jelly jar.
(d) Coffee can.

2. What happens to the bottom of the older solar still, even with the many efforts of Callahan to fix it?
(a) It goes missing one day.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It is broken off by a shark.
(d) It rots clean through.

3. What does Callahan wake to find in his boat when he decides to get some sleep during the storm?
(a) Another sailor.
(b) A broken solar still.
(c) Water in the boat.
(d) A shark in the boat.

4. Through the fog and freighter traffic, the Napoleon Solo sails into ____________ to start the race.
(a) Portugal.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) France.

5. __________ wind would mean faster travel, although it does present its own set of difficulties when a person is trying to sail.
(a) Storm.
(b) Steadier.
(c) Calmer.
(d) Stronger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Callahan pack which he felt he had good luck in bringing with him, though he hadn't expected to use it?

2. Callahan hopes to be rescued within ________ days at sea, although he knows of stories of sailors who were at sea for many months.

3. Callahan is worried about his _______________, so he decides to do some yoga to see if that helps him at all.

4. What does Callahan eat the last of after the soup that he makes, though he is still realizes he is malnourished?

5. A passing __________ informs Callahan that all but four of the competitors are behind him.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Callahan learn about the Italian vessel he passes during the beginning stages of the race?

2. What does Callahan do when he finally catches a triggerfish to eat when on the boat?

3. Why does Callahan want to have calmer weather, even though it might mean that he has a longer time until he might reach the shipping lanes?

4. What does Callahan begin to document in order to calculate the odds of his own survival?

5. What are some of the leisure activities Callahan indulges in when he is on the Napoleon Solo?

6. What is the fear that Callahan has when he begins to think he has reached the shipping lanes in the ocean?

7. Why is it important for the harpoon gun to have a strap on it, according to Callahan?

8. What happens to the harpoon gun that Callahan has had on the boat with him during his journey?

9. What does Mr. Willoughby try to tell Callahan about his dream to sail a boat across the ocean?

10. Why doesn't Callahan use his EPIRB more often in order to signal for help?

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