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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom did Maralyn pretend to write letters?
(a) June.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

2. How much time did Maralyn have to spend detangling the knots in her hair?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 10 minutes.
(c) 15 minutes.
(d) 20 minutes.

3. When did the bottom tube on raft deflate?
(a) April 30.
(b) April 28.
(c) April 19.
(d) April 22.

4. On what day when Maurice decided to fish, did the dinghy overturn and Maurice had to swim to safety?
(a) June 18.
(b) June 9.
(c) June 1.
(d) June 5.

5. In Part 2, Chapter 15, how long was a whale shark that Maurice and Maralyn saw?
(a) 25 feet.
(b) 10 feet.
(c) 15 feet.
(d) 30 feet.

6. When the flares ran out, what did Maurice and Maralyn use to wrap kerosene-dipped rags to make flares?
(a) Sticks.
(b) Metal pole.
(c) Thick wire.
(d) Coat hangers.

7. What were some cereals Maralyn listed to eat for breakfast in her diary?
(a) Rice Krispies, Alpen, Shredded Wheat, Fruit and Fibre, Quaker Oats, and bran flakes.
(b) Dorset Muesli, Frosted Wheats, Quaker Oats Apple and Blueberry, Raisin Wheats, and Oatibix.
(c) Weetabix, cornflakes, porridge,Farley's Rusks, shredded wheat, Rice Krispies, or Sugar Smacks.
(d) Shreddies, Weetabix, Ready brek, Scotts Porage Oats, and Alpen.

8. On what floor of the Sheraton Waikiki, did Maurice and Marilyn stay in the penthouse?
(a) 14th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 12th.
(d) 13th.

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

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

11. For how much did Maurice and Maralyn decide to sell the full account of their story to the Daily Express?
(a) 15,000 pounds.
(b) 8,000 pounds.
(c) 10,000 pounds.
(d) 12,000 pounds.

12. How long had the Wolmi 306 been at sea by the end of June 1973?
(a) 1 1/2 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 2 1/2 years.
(d) 3 years.

13. What fish did Maurice and Maralyn eat when they were shipwrecked that had always been assumed to be poisonous?
(a) Monkfish.
(b) Yellow tailed grunts.
(c) Triggerfish.
(d) Scorpionfish.

14. After how many weeks adrift was the flesh falling off of Maurice and Maralyn's bodies and their bones poking through their skin?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

15. How long had the couple been adrift by Maralyn's birthday on April 24?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) 5 weeks.
(c) 7 weeks.
(d) 6 weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the Wolni dock in Honolulu?

2. After spending an hour fixing a hole on the raft, how long did the patch last before it drifted away?

3. How many days did a California pilot have to hike when he crashed his small plane over the High Sierra mountains?

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

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

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