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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. What type of whale hit the Bailey's boat?
(a) Baleen.
(b) Orca.
(c) Gray.
(d) Sperm.

2. What diameter were the walls of the raft?
(a) 3 feet 8 inches.
(b) 5 feet 2 inches.
(c) 6 feet 9 inches.
(d) 4 feet 6 inches.

3. What street did Marice live on in 1962?
(a) Cheyne Walk.
(b) Kentish Court.
(c) Rose Hill St.
(d) Allens Square.

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

5. Since Maurice and Maralyn had been sailing on the Pacific, how many ships had they seen when their boat sank?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Maurice and Maralyn see a ship that they could not hail with their flares?

2. When was Maralyn's birthday?

3. How far did Maurice believe they were from the Galapagos when their boat sank?

4. How many days at sea did it take the Bailey to travel from Falmouth to Spain's Galician coast?

5. When did it finally rain for the first time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the problems with rowing?

2. What did Maurice and Maralyn have for food and water after their boat sank, and how did it have to be rationed?

3. How was the life raft constructed?

4. How did Maurice and Maralyn meet?

5. What did Maurice think their chances of surviving were, and what did he tell Maralyn?

6. How long did it take to travel from the Canary Island to the Caribbean, and what was the trip like?

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

8. What happened when Maurice and Maralyn tried to kill their second turtle?

9. What did Maurice and Maralyn do when their boat was damaged by a whale?

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

(see the answer keys)

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