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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. Once the boat is delivered in 1968, how many years did it take Maralyn and Maurice to finish the interior?

2. How far did Maurice and Marilyn travel from the Canaries to the Caribbean?

3. How far did Maurice estimate they were from Ecuador when their boat sank?

4. What sign did Maralyn put on the calendar when they caught a turtle?

5. What street did Marice live on in 1962?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Maurice and Maralyn meet?

2. What happened on March 4, 1973?

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

4. How was the life raft constructed?

5. What navigational tools did Maurice have?

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

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

8. What damaged the boat on March 4, 1973?

9. How was the boat damaged?

10. How and why did Maralyn start organizing after the ship sank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Maurice and Maralyn considered their chances of rescue after they lost their boat. What did their attitudes reveal about optimism and pessimism?

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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