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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. How many days after the third ship, did the couple see a fourth?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 1 day.
(d) 2 days.

2. During their trip, how long did the writer Hiscock say that it might be between sightings of other ships?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 2 months.
(c) A month.
(d) 15 days.

3. How far were Maurice and Maralyn form a coast when the boat sank?
(a) 1,012 miles.
(b) Thousands of miles.
(c) Hundreds of miles.
(d) 980 miles.

4. How many days did a California pilot have to hike when he crashed his small plane over the High Sierra mountains?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 10.

5. What was the name of a man Maurice hallucinated was on the raft?
(a) Martin.
(b) Wayne.
(c) David.
(d) Walter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 15, how many boobies were Maurice and Maralyn able to catch for food?

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

3. How many flying fish did a booby regurgitate, which Maurice scooped out of the water for dinner?

4. When did torrential rains start to fall?

5. On what island did the Baileys live in the Channel Islands?

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