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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. After four nights of rowing, how many miles did the Baileys travel to the south?
(a) 10.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 8.
2. What biography did Maralyn manage to save when the ship sank?
(a) James Cook.
(b) Mary Queen of Scots.
(c) Napoleon.
(d) Richard III.
3. How long after the Auralyn sank did the couple run out of gas?
(a) Nearly 2 weeks.
(b) 2 1/2 weeks.
(c) 1 1/2 weeks.
(d) Not quite 3 weeks.
4. During the trip from the Canaries to the Caribbean, how many times did it rain?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.
5. How many gallons of water were contaminated by seawater?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was the first creature Maurice and Madalyn killed to eat?
2. Once the boat is delivered in 1968, how many years did it take Maralyn and Maurice to finish the interior?
3. How many ocean currents converged where the Baileys were stranded?
4. When Maurice adjusted the sails, at what speed did he keep the boat moving?
5. On the second night, how many hours did they row before resting?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Maurice and Maralyn try to use the turtles to pull them across the ocean?
2. When did Maurice and Maralyn leave England and sail to the Canary Islands, and why did they leave then?
3. How did Maurice and Maralyn decide to live on a boat?
4. How did Maurice and Maralyn meet?
5. What navigational tools did Maurice have?
6. What did Maurice and Maralyn have for food and water after their boat sank, and how did it have to be rationed?
7. When Maurice considered asking Maralyn to marry him, what things was he not willing to give up or tolerate?
8. How did Maralyn make fishhooks after she discovered theirs were missing?
9. What did Maurice think their chances of surviving were, and what did he tell Maralyn?
10. What happened on March 4, 1973?
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