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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Ecuadorian city does the Essex stop at during September in Chapter 4?
(a) Atacames.
(b) Quito.
(c) Chevele.
(d) Esmeraldas.

2. Who persuades Pollard to sail to Chile or Peru instead of the Society Islands?
(a) Only Chase.
(b) Chase and Joy.
(c) No one.
(d) Only Joy.

3. What type of whale attacks Pollard's boat in Chapter 7?
(a) Sperm whale.
(b) Humpback whale.
(c) Blue whale.
(d) Killer whale.

4. What allows a sperm whale the ability to survive a head on collision with a boat?
(a) It's tail acts as a stabilizer to minimize the impact.
(b) It's speed makes it impervious to the impact.
(c) It's body is designed to absorb tremendous shock.
(d) It's head is shaped like a battering ram.

5. Due to starvation and lack of clothes, what illness are the men vulnerable to in the cold rain?
(a) Urticaria.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Hypothermia.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pollard think that backtracking to the Galapagos Islands is impossible in Chapter 6?

2. What is the crew hoping for as they enter the Offshore Grounds?

3. When does the Essex sail towards the Galapagos Islands in Chapter 4?

4. What is the first thing that the captain and crew of the Dauphin notice when they see the smaller boat?

5. When did English settlers begin arriving in Nantucket?

(see the answer key)

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