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

2. What hotel did Maurice and Maralyn stay in when they went to Seoul?
(a) Jiwoljang.
(b) Hyundai.
(c) Sejong.
(d) Oraki.

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

4. When was Maurice and Maralyn's book, 117 Days Adrift, published?
(a) September 1974.
(b) April 1974.
(c) July 1974.
(d) November 1974.

5. Where was the factory that made the fabric of their life raft located?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of fish was the crew of the Wolmi 306 catching?

2. After how many weeks adrift was the flesh falling off of Maurice and Maralyn's bodies and their bones poking through their skin?

3. To whom did Maralyn pretend to write letters?

4. What fruits did Maralyn have on a list of alternatives for meals?

5. On what floor of the Sheraton Waikiki, did Maurice and Marilyn stay in the penthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Maurice and Maralyn try to make flares when they used the last of theirs?

2. When the waters calmed, how did Maurice and Maralyn supplement their diet of fish?

3. When a storm approached on the day planned for their departure, why was it not possible to change the date, and what did they do?

4. Where did Maurice and Maralyn stay when they went to Korea?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 10, with what activities did Maralyn try to distract Maurice?

6. Why was Maurice and Maralyn's book about their experience called 117 Days Adrift?

7. How were Maurice and Maralyn greeted in Honolulu?

8. Why did Maurice and Maralyn make so many public appearances and do so many interviews when they returned to England?

9. In what condition were Maurice and Maralyn after three week adrift?

10. How had Maralyn planned to spend her birthday?

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