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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the bird disappear, that had been following Moitessier's boat?
(a) When he ran out of food to give them.
(b) When he tried to film them.
(c) When the winds returned.
(d) When he threatened them.

2. What had been used to make a jetty in the port at Trinidad?
(a) Old tires.
(b) Boulders.
(c) A sunken ship.
(d) Houses flooded in old storms.

3. What did Moitessier imagine as he slept while he was rounding Cape Horn?
(a) That he could not find his wife.
(b) That his brother was telling him to sleep.
(c) That someone was looking for him.
(d) That he had forgotten something important.

4. Which competitor did Moitessier believe he had heard news of?
(a) Fougeron
(b) Knox-Johnston.
(c) Loick.
(d) King.

5. Where was the boat when Moitessier woke up from his sleep?
(a) 28 miles from the Horn.
(b) 56 miles from the Horn.
(c) 130 miles from the Horn.
(d) 15 miles from the Horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What parallel did Moitessier steer by as he headed to Cape Horn?

2. What gift did Moitessier accept from journalists?

3. What did Moitessier feel about the thing he thought back to on Christmas?

4. Where did Moitessier begin his trip around the world?

5. What was Nigel Tetley's boat named?

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