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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. What did Moitessier hope was communicated from his contact with the town in Trinidad?
(a) The message he communicated with Morse code.
(b) The film he dropped off.
(c) The message he passed to the boat that came to meet him.
(d) The letters on his sail.

2. Where was Moitessier hoping his message would be communicated to?
(a) The news wire service.
(b) The Lloyd's agency.
(c) The Sunday Times.
(d) The International Herald Tribune.

3. What interaction did Moitessier have with the birds that followed his boat?
(a) He killed them because they were nuisances.
(b) He killed them and ate them.
(c) He was tried to keep them off the deck.
(d) He fed one by hand.

4. What did Moitessier see when he first spied the town in Trinidad?
(a) People working.
(b) People fixing fishing nets.
(c) People gathering to watch him sail by.
(d) No activity ashore.

5. What did Moitessier learn sailing junks as a youth?
(a) How to navigate by the stars.
(b) How to read the seaweed and ocean life.
(c) How to sail without a compass.
(d) How to wash clothing in seawater.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Moitessier heading toward Trinidad?

2. What did Moitessier use to increase leverage when he was making repairs?

3. What did Moitessier think about the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and Durban?

4. Why did Moitessier decide to sail close to South Africa?

5. What did Moitessier watch after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Moitessier plan to communicate at sea?

2. Describe the conditions during Moitessier's approach to Trinidad.

3. Describe Moitessier's interaction with a ship in Walker Bay, South Africa.

4. Describe Moitessier's progress after leaving England.

5. What wildlife did Moitessier see on his trip?

6. What was the old Taicong legend that Moitessier recalled when he was approaching Cape of Leeuwin?

7. What were conditions like when Moitessier approached the Cape Agulhas lighthouse, and did he accomplish what he set out to do by approaching land?

8. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.

9. What were conditions when Moitessier rounded the Cape of Good Hope?

10. Describe Moitessier's passage past New Zealand.

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