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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the canopy of the raft?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Yellow-green.
(c) Orange.
(d) Red.

2. During the trip from the Canaries to the Caribbean, how many times did it rain?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. When did the Swedish warship, Vasa, sink a mile offshore on her maiden voyage?
(a) 1638.
(b) 1688.
(c) 1628.
(d) 1609.

4. Once the boat is delivered in 1968, how many years did it take Maralyn and Maurice to finish the interior?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

5. Eating what part of the fish they caught made Maurice and Maralyn thirsty?
(a) Livers.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Gills.
(d) Roe.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much water did the couple manage to catch after two hours of rain?

2. How long was Auralyn, the Bailey's yacht?

3. How far were Maurice and Maralyn form a coast when the boat sank?

4. How much water was Maurice able to retrieve from the Auralyn as she sank?

5. When they were dating, how long did Maralyn and Maurice take a holiday with her parents in Cumbria?

(see the answer key)

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