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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. Where did Maurice and Maralyn stay with their publisher after returning to London?
2. How many days after the third ship, did the couple see a fourth?
3. In Part 2, Chapter 15, how long was a whale shark that Maurice and Maralyn saw?
4. What fruits did Maralyn have on a list of alternatives for meals?
5. When did Maurice and Maralyn see a sixth ship?
Short Essay Questions
1. What schedule did Maurice and Maralyn keep on board the Wolmi?
2. What happened during the planned launch of the Auralyn II on June 4, 1975?
3. In what condition were Maurice and Maralyn after three week adrift?
4. What type of ship was the Wolmi, and what journey had she been making?
5. How did Maurice and Maralyn try to make flares when they used the last of theirs?
6. When the waters calmed, how did Maurice and Maralyn supplement their diet of fish?
7. Where did Maurice and Maralyn stay when they went to Korea?
8. Why did Maurice and Maralyn insist on keeping watch?
9. Why was Maurice and Maralyn's book about their experience called 117 Days Adrift?
10. How did Maralyn spend her birthday?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mood is an element that evokes feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a narrative. What is the overall mood of A Marriage at Sea?
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
Maurice and Maralyn prepared and planned extensively for their journey. Why was it so important to prepare thoroughly for the journey?
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