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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Maralyn's birthday?

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

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

4. What street did Marice live on in 1962?

5. How long were the lines Maurice used to attach the dinghy to the raft?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the problems with rowing?

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

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

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

8. How was the boat damaged?

9. What did Maurice do after the Auralyn sank?

10. What was Maurice and Maralyn's wedding like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and individuals is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of A Marriage at Sea? How does that point of view influence what readers understand and feel about the information presented?

Essay Topic 2

The Baileys were rescued by the South Korean fishing ship, the Wolmi. What was conveyed about compassion through their rescue?

Essay Topic 3

Being on the ocean was only possible with "man-made defenses to mitigate the experience" (114). What was revealed about the challenges of being adrift and the alienness of the ocean landscape to humans?

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