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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old were Maurice and Maralyn when they were rescued?
(a) 41 and 33.
(b) 38 and 30.
(c) 40 and 32.
(d) 39 and 31.

2. What menu did Maurice and Maralyn dream they would eat when they had a new boat?
(a) Ham, brussels sprouts, apples, ice cream, cookies, and pudding.
(b) Melon, pork, applesauce, potatoes, cauliflower and cheese sauce, chocolate pudding, cheese and biscuits, and chocolate mints.
(c) Beef, asparagus, oranges, chocolate cake, cheeses, and dark chocolate.
(d) Turkey, stuffing, green beans, banana cream pie, butterscotch pudding, and nuts.

3. In Chapter 7, how long had it been since Maralyn had a period?
(a) 8 weeks.
(b) Since the boat sank.
(c) Since Panama.
(d) 6 weeks.

4. How many reporters and cameramen did Suh estimate met the Wolni in Honolulu?
(a) 150.
(b) 80.
(c) 100.
(d) 90.

5. Where did Maralyn imagine living after they were rescued?
(a) In a house in England.
(b) A two-masted sailing boat.
(c) 60-foot yacht.
(d) Catamaran.

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

7. When did the couple's pet turtle die?
(a) April 30.
(b) April 15.
(c) April 28.
(d) April 20.

8. How many gallons of water were lost when the dinghy had a leak and had to be repaired?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

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

10. What airlines landed daily in Hawaii in 1973?
(a) Northwest and Continental.
(b) Pan Am and Eastern.
(c) Trans World and Eastern.
(d) Pan Am and United.

11. What time of day did Maurice and Maralyn eat the last piece of Dundee cake?
(a) 3 p.m.
(b) Breakfast.
(c) Dinner.
(d) 8 p.m.

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

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

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

15. When Maralyn made a list for Sunday Tea, how many people did she imagine would attend?
(a) 4-6.
(b) 8-10.
(c) 12-14.
(d) 18-20.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were some cereals Maralyn listed to eat for breakfast in her diary?

3. When did the Wolni dock in Honolulu?

4. How many days after the third ship, did the couple see a fourth?

5. What cities did Maralyn and Maurice tour in the United States?

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