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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is bacalhao?
(a) Fish.
(b) Mast.
(c) Shoe.
(d) Knife.

2. Slocum came across a shipwreck which he believed to be caused by which of the following:
(a) Ice.
(b) Inability.
(c) Torn hull.
(d) Changing currents.

3. What was the name of the boat purchased from the captain?
(a) Aurora Borealis.
(b) Spray.
(c) Seawitch.
(d) Northern Light.

4. On the first leg of the trip, Slocum sailed from Boston to which of the following locations?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Sydney.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) Cape Horn.

5. After leaving the Channel, Slocum was on course as he traveled through which Strait?
(a) Bombay.
(b) Magellan.
(c) Black.
(d) Bering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boat that wrecked shortly before Slocum's arrival?

2. Slocum was asked to pay respects from the king to which publication?

3. Who/what is Juan Fernandez?

4. Slocum was pleased to be able to make an excursion to which major metropolitan city?

5. What item did savages steal from Slocum?

(see the answer key)

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