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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many words does Charlie learn before he discovers that the Indian has been teaching him the wrong meanings of the words?
(a) 60.
(b) 40.
(c) 55.
(d) 45.

2. For how many weeks was James Bartley unconscious after being rescued from the stomach of a whale?
(a) 8 days.
(b) 3 weeks.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 6 days.

3. How many remained on the raft after the third mutiny?
(a) 27.
(b) 53.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

4. What language did the priest speak that the Kurd led Miss Logan to after they climbed down Mount Ararat?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Turkish.
(d) Arabic.

5. Where was the city located that Jonah headed to after God asked him to preach?
(a) Spain.
(b) Malta.
(c) Greece.
(d) Israel.

6. How many siblings did Amanda have?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

7. Who said "The mystery of what a couple is, exactly, is almost the only true mystery left to us. . ."?
(a) Jennifer Lee.
(b) Elaine Dundy.
(c) Helen Constantine.
(d) Mavis Gallant.

8. What did Amanda give as payment for a place to stay in Arghuri?
(a) Silver coin.
(b) Gold coin.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Tea.

9. Where was the raft found that the survivors on the frigate constructed?
(a) Cyprus.
(b) Malta.
(c) Saharan coast.
(d) Egyptian coast.

10. What is the name of the woman that Charlie and Pippa argued about?
(a) Linda.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Mary.
(d) Megan.

11. What time of day was it when Colonel Fergusson's listened to the incessant ticking of a beetle?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) 1 a.m.

12. Where did Lawrence Beesley go to college?
(a) Pembroke.
(b) Magdalen.
(c) Sidney-Sussex.
(d) Gonville and Caius.

13. How much did the ox heart weigh that the narrator bought at Corrigans weigh?
(a) 4 lbs. 5 oz.
(b) 1 lb. 13 oz.
(c) 2 lbs. 13 oz.
(d) 3 lbs. 11 oz.

14. After the sick were killed, how many days of provisions were left to sustain the survivors?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

15. What did the village elder give Amanda and Miss Logan before they climbed Mount Ararat?
(a) Tea and pistol.
(b) Shotgun and apples.
(c) Pistol and lemons.
(d) Rice and lemons.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what ship did James Bartley work as a sailor?

2. Where did Amanda and Miss Logan see a peasant woman placing a tooth in the crevice of a church door?

3. When was the account of the Medusa published?

4. What lifeboat did Lawrence escape in when he was on the Titanic?

5. In Chapter 5, what Cape had the expedition rounded when they saw the porpoises?

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