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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 long had the Wolmi 306 been at sea by the end of June 1973?

2. When did the couple's pet turtle die?

3. In Chapter 7, how long had it been since Maralyn had a period?

4. What airlines landed daily in Hawaii in 1973?

5. When did the Wolni arrive in Korea?

Short Essay Questions

1. How had Maralyn planned to spend her birthday?

2. What did doctors say about Maurice and Maralyn's physical condition?

3. What type of ship was the Wolmi, and what journey had she been making?

4. Why did Maurice and Maralyn insist on keeping watch?

5. How did Maralyn spend her birthday?

6. Why was it decided to take Maurice and Maralyn to Honolulu?

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

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

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

10. Why did Maurice and Maralyn move to Alderney and where did they live there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maurice depended on Maralyn to navigate life and help him deal with people. When she was gone, she was all he wanted to talk about. How did Maurice deal with grief and life after Maralyn died?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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