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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many pencils did Maurice retrieve from the Auralyn?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

2. How long had the couple been adrift by Maralyn's birthday on April 24?
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 7 weeks.
(c) 8 weeks.
(d) 5 weeks.

3. Where did Maurice and Maralyn stay with their publisher after returning to London?
(a) Lymington.
(b) Bracklesham Bay.
(c) Southsea.
(d) Pagham.

4. When was Maurice and Maralyn's book, 117 Days Adrift, published?
(a) July 1974.
(b) April 1974.
(c) November 1974.
(d) September 1974.

5. What type of car did Maurice drive after his two years of military service?
(a) Rover P4.
(b) Moris Minor.
(c) Hillman Minx.
(d) Vaxhall Cresta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Maurice and Marilyn travel from the Canaries to the Caribbean?

2. What first meal did Maurice and Maralyn have on board the Wolmi 306?

3. Where did Maralyn imagine living after they were rescued?

4. Once the boat is delivered in 1968, how many years did it take Maralyn and Maurice to finish the interior?

5. When did the bottom tube on raft deflate?

(see the answer key)

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