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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sign did Maralyn put on the calendar when they caught a turtle?
(a) An X.
(b) A square.
(c) A circle.
(d) Cross.

2. What color was the flag Maurice made from oilskin trousers?
(a) Orange.
(b) Blue.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Red.

3. How did Maralyn spend her time after meals on the Wolmi in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) Making lists.
(b) Copying out her dairy into a new notebook.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Walking the deck.

4. In 1972, when was the last time that Falmouth was as cold as it was that June?
(a) 1908.
(b) 1869.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1943.

5. How much older was Maurice than Maralyn?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Maurice spend his time after meals on the Wolmi in Part 3, Chapter 2?

2. For how much did Maurice and Maralyn decide to sell the full account of their story to the Daily Express?

3. What fish did Maurice and Maralyn eat when they were shipwrecked that had always been assumed to be poisonous?

4. What was the name of the fisherman who threw a party in the Caribbean where Maralyn got "drunk as a lord" (45)?

5. What was the first creature Maurice and Madalyn killed to eat?

(see the answer key)

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