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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Wolni dock in Honolulu?
(a) July 14.
(b) July 15.
(c) July 13.
(d) July 12.

2. By the time Maralyn and Maurice were having their next boat built, what was the VAT tax?
(a) 15%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 10%.

3. When did Maurice and Maralyn see their third ship?
(a) April 4.
(b) April 11.
(c) April 22.
(d) April 10.

4. When did torrential rains start to fall?
(a) End of March.
(b) April.
(c) April 6.
(d) March 31.

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

6. Where did journalists Ivor and Sally Davis invite the Baileys to stay?
(a) Santa Monica, California.
(b) Malibu, California.
(c) Catalina, California.
(d) Huntington Beach, California?

7. Where did Maurice and Maralyn move to a flat after living at the Bruces' mansion and then with Colin and June?
(a) High Street.
(b) Bentley Way.
(c) Solent Avenue.
(d) Grove Road.

8. When did Maurice and Maralyn see a tanker and use the last of their flares?
(a) March 24.
(b) March 31.
(c) March 29.
(d) March 18.

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

10. 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) 5 miles.
(b) 2 miles.
(c) 3 miles.
(d) 1 mile.

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

12. How long was Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine imprisoned by her husband Henry II?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 11 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 7 years.

13. How far were the islands where Maralyn had planned to spend her birthday from the nearest continental landmass?
(a) 4,100 miles.
(b) 1,800 miles.
(c) 2,500 miles.
(d) 3,000 miles.

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

15. How many days did the Baileys actually survive on the life raft?
(a) 119.
(b) 120 and 1/4.
(c) 116.
(d) 118 and 1/3.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many sharks did the couple catch and kill to eat in Part 2, Chapter 15?

3. What round-the-world yacht race did the Baileys launch in Portsmouth?

4. How many reporters and cameramen did Suh estimate met the Wolni in Honolulu?

5. Where was the factory that made the fabric of their life raft located?

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