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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. What cities did Maralyn and Maurice tour in the United States?

2. What did the cook bring Maurice and Maralyn to drink after they came on board?

3. How many days after the third ship, did the couple see a fourth?

4. What airlines landed daily in Hawaii in 1973?

5. By the time the Wolmi 306 spotted Maurice and Maralyn, how long had it been since they had seen a ship?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When a storm approached on the day planned for their departure, why was it not possible to change the date, and what did they do?

3. How did Maralyn spend her birthday?

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

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

6. What happened to Maurice on June 5?

7. How had Maralyn planned to spend her birthday?

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

9. When the waters calmed, how did Maurice and Maralyn supplement their diet of fish?

10. Where did Maurice and Maralyn stay when they went to Korea?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Personification is a literary device that assigns human qualities—such as emotions or behaviors—to objects, animals, or ideas. How does Elmhirst use personification in A Marriage at Sea?

Essay Topic 2

Maurice and Maralyn demonstrated resilience in the way they survived. How were they resilient, and why was that important to their survival?

Essay Topic 3

Maralyn spent a great deal of time writing in her diary when the couple was adrift. Why was writing so important to her, and how did it become a coping mechanism?

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