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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fruits did Maralyn have on a list of alternatives for meals?
(a) Grapefruit, melon, and prunes.
(b) Apples, bananas, and oranges.
(c) Plums, apples, and pears.
(d) Oranges, melon, and apricots.

2. What type of fish made Maralyn vomit?
(a) Milkfish.
(b) Loach.
(c) Mullet.
(d) Sandfish.

3. On what islands had Maralyn planned to celebrate her birthday with friends?
(a) Marquesas Islands.
(b) Huahine Islands.
(c) Bora Bora Islands.
(d) Austral Islands.

4. How did Maralyn spend her time after meals on the Wolmi in Part 3, Chapter 2?
(a) Making lists.
(b) Walking the deck.
(c) Copying out her dairy into a new notebook.
(d) Sleeping.

5. What was the name of the publishing company that wanted to publish a book about the Baileys?
(a) Hawthorn Books.
(b) Reilly & Britton Publishers.
(c) The Nautical Publishing Company.
(d) Aero Publishers.

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

7. How far away were Maurice and Maralyn from the Wolmi when Kim Min-chan, the chief deck man, spotted the object that turned about to be their dinghy and raft?
(a) 1 mile.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 5 miles.

8. What cities did Maralyn and Maurice tour in the United States?
(a) New York, Boston, Virginia Beach, Chicago, Denver, and Seattle.
(b) New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.
(c) New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, Indianapolis, Miami, and Washington, D.C.
(d) New York, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Boston.

9. How long did it take Maralyn to make playing cards?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) A day and a half.
(c) Half a day.
(d) 8 hours.

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

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

12. On what island did the Baileys live in the Channel Islands?
(a) Herm.
(b) Alderney.
(c) Guernsey.
(d) Sark.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did torrential rains start to fall?

2. What hotel did Maurice and Maralyn stay in when they went to Seoul?

3. When did Maurice and Maralyn fly to Seoul?

4. On what day when Maurice decided to fish, did the dinghy overturn and Maurice had to swim to safety?

5. For how much did Maurice and Maralyn decide to sell the full account of their story to the Daily Express?

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