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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. If they drifted approximately 25 miles a day, how many days would it take to reach the longitude of the Galapagos?
(a) About 12.
(b) 8.
(c) 11.
(d) Not quite 15.

2. How long were the lines Maurice used to attach the dinghy to the raft?
(a) 10 feet.
(b) 12 feet.
(c) 20 feet.
(d) 25 feet.

3. When Maurice adjusted the sails, at what speed did he keep the boat moving?
(a) 3 knots.
(b) 4 knots.
(c) 2-3 knots.
(d) 1-2 knots.

4. What game did they play in the evenings when they anchored in a blue-water lagoon on Union Island?
(a) Gin Rummy.
(b) Chess.
(c) Checkers.
(d) Scrabble.

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

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

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

8. What was the name of the fisherman who threw a party in the Caribbean where Maralyn got "drunk as a lord" (45)?
(a) Dave.
(b) Bob.
(c) Micky.
(d) Rudy.

9. How many ocean currents converged where the Baileys were stranded?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

11. When did the Swedish warship, Vasa, sink a mile offshore on her maiden voyage?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1638.
(c) 1609.
(d) 1628.

12. How far did Maurice and Marilyn travel from the Canaries to the Caribbean?
(a) 2,700 miles.
(b) 3,100 miles.
(c) 1,800 miles.
(d) 1,400 miles.

13. When Maurice returned from military service, where would he take Bob to climb?
(a) Stanage.
(b) Milestone Edge.
(c) Kinder Scout.
(d) Froggatt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Maralyn propose that they sell their house, buy a boat, and live on board?

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

3. How far did Maurice believe they were from the Galapagos when their boat sank?

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

5. What color was the flag Maurice made from oilskin trousers?

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