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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men use in Chapter 10 to figure out their longitude?
(a) Only a log line and a compass.
(b) Only latitude and a log line.
(c) Only latitude and a compass.
(d) Latitude, a log line, and a compass.

2. What island do the men initially think they have found in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Oeno Island.
(b) Ducie Island.
(c) Henderson Island.
(d) Pitcairn Island.

3. When the men are close enough to attack the whale, what is used in order to pierce its vital organs?
(a) A knife.
(b) An oar.
(c) A lance.
(d) A harpoon.

4. Why does Pollard choose the Society Islands as the crew's destination?
(a) He has friends that live there.
(b) They are closer.
(c) They are safer.
(d) He has been there before.

5. If the Essex returns with sufficient product, how much money is Thomas Nickerson expecting to make from the trip?
(a) One hundred and fifty dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Two hundred dollars.
(d) Two hundred and fifty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the men do in order to prevent water from splashing over the edges of the remaining boats?

3. What allows a sperm whale the ability to survive a head on collision with a boat?

4. How far have the men rescued by the Dauphin been sailing at the end of the Preface?

5. How far away are the Marquesas from where the crew is in Chapter 6?

(see the answer key)

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