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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, 5, and Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After four nights of rowing, how many miles did the Baileys travel to the south?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

2. What did Maurice remember he and Maralyn became obsessed with when they got to Hawaii after their shipwreck?
(a) Drinking milkshakes.
(b) Eating mango.
(c) Eating pineapple.
(d) Drinking freshly squeezed orange juice.

3. When did the couple see a whale 20 feet behind them?
(a) March 17.
(b) March 16.
(c) March 14.
(d) March 15.

4. Where was the factory that made the fabric of their life raft located?
(a) France.
(b) Wales.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Germany.

5. Where was Maurice Bailey working and living in 1962?
(a) Derby.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Manchester.
(d) Birmingham.

Short Answer Questions

1. What game did they play in the evenings when they anchored in a blue-water lagoon on Union Island?

2. How many gallons of water were lost when the dinghy had a leak and had to be repaired?

3. When did Maurice and Maralyn see their third ship?

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

5. How far did Maurice estimate they were from Ecuador when their boat sank?

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