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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. How far were Maurice and Maralyn form a coast when the boat sank?

2. What color was the flag Maurice made from oilskin trousers?

3. When was Maralyn's birthday?

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

5. How long after the Auralyn sank did the couple run out of gas?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was the life raft constructed?

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

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

4. How did Maralyn make fishhooks after she discovered theirs were missing?

5. How long did it take to travel from the Canary Island to the Caribbean, and what was the trip like?

6. How was the boat damaged?

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

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

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

10. How did Maurice and Maralyn meet?

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

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in A Marriage at Sea when relating conversations? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand people, emotions, events, or ideas?

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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