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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 many days at sea did it take the Bailey to travel from Falmouth to Spain's Galician coast?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 6.

2. How many fishhooks did Maurice and Maralyn have?
(a) None.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

3. How long did the crossing from the Canaries to the Caribbean take Maurice and Maralyn?
(a) 18 days.
(b) 32 days.
(c) 24 days.
(d) 12 days.

4. How large was the hole made in the boat by the whale?
(a) 24 inches long and 20 inches wide.
(b) 18 inches long and 12 inches wide.
(c) 12 inches long and 8 inches wide.
(d) 30 inches long and 22 inches wide.

5. How much time had they had from the time the whale struck until the Auralyn started to sink?
(a) 40 minutes.
(b) 50 minutes.
(c) 25 minutes.
(d) 65 minutes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much water was Maurice able to retrieve from the Auralyn as she sank?

2. In what suburb did Maralyn and Maurice buy their first home?

3. If they drifted approximately 25 miles a day, how many days would it take to reach the longitude of the Galapagos?

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

5. Where did Maurice serve two years of military service?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was the life raft constructed?

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

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

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

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

7. What navigational tools did Maurice have?

8. What did Maurice do after the Auralyn sank?

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

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

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