A Marriage at Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Sophie Elmhirst
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Marriage at Sea Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Sophie Elmhirst
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 170 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What year was Maurice born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1933.

2. How long after the Auralyn sank did the couple run out of gas?
(a) Not quite 3 weeks.
(b) 1 1/2 weeks.
(c) Nearly 2 weeks.
(d) 2 1/2 weeks.

3. Since Maurice and Maralyn had been sailing on the Pacific, how many ships had they seen when their boat sank?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. What type of whale hit the Bailey's boat?
(a) Baleen.
(b) Orca.
(c) Gray.
(d) Sperm.

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

6. How many fishhooks did Maurice and Maralyn have?
(a) 2.
(b) None.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

7. When did Maralyn and Maurice get married?
(a) September 15, 1963.
(b) January 19, 1963.
(c) July 12, 1963.
(d) December 21, 1963.

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

9. When did Maurice and Maralyn see a ship that they could not hail with their flares?
(a) March 12.
(b) March 14.
(c) March 11.
(d) March 13.

10. How many windows did the raft have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

11. How long did the crossing from the Canaries to the Caribbean take Maurice and Maralyn?
(a) 12 days.
(b) 18 days.
(c) 32 days.
(d) 24 days.

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

13. What biography did Maralyn manage to save when the ship sank?
(a) Mary Queen of Scots.
(b) Napoleon.
(c) Richard III.
(d) James Cook.

14. What time did Maralyn take the watch on March 4?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 2 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 4 a.m.

15. How long was Auralyn, the Bailey's yacht?
(a) 30 feet.
(b) 25 feet.
(c) 40 feet.
(d) 35 feet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many ocean currents converged where the Baileys were stranded?

3. What diameter were the walls of the raft?

4. In what suburb did Maralyn and Maurice buy their first home?

5. Where did Maurice serve two years of military service?

(see the answer keys)

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