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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Maralyn and Maurice buy furniture and carpets for their new house?
(a) Grantham.
(b) Nottingham.
(c) Leicester.
(d) Wolverhampton.

3. When did Maurice and Maralyn see a ship that they could not hail with their flares?
(a) March 12.
(b) March 11.
(c) March 14.
(d) March 13.

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

5. How many hours on their second night did Maurice and Maralyn alternate rowing?
(a) 4.
(b) 10.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they were dating, how long did Maralyn and Maurice take a holiday with her parents in Cumbria?

2. How long did it take the Baileys to gather supplies and their belongings when they decided to abandon their boat?

3. During the trip from the Canaries to the Caribbean, how many times did it rain?

4. How many ocean currents converged where the Baileys were stranded?

5. In return for their help, where did Maurice and Maralyn take the Fosketts on a practice voyage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Maurice and Maralyn decide to live on a boat?

2. What happened when the Baileys saw a ship heading east in Part 2, Chapter 5?

3. What navigational tools did Maurice have?

4. What happened on March 4, 1973?

5. When did Maurice and Maralyn leave England and sail to the Canary Islands, and why did they leave then?

6. How did Maurice and Maralyn replenish their water in Part 2, Chapter 6?

7. What damaged the boat on March 4, 1973?

8. Where did Maurice estimate they are after the Auralyn sank?

9. How did Maurice and Maralyn try to use the turtles to pull them across the ocean?

10. What was Maurice's life like before he met Maralyn?

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