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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To Weave a World.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Callahan considers ___________ but decides instead to get started on his journey across the water.
(a) Taking on a passenger.
(b) Stocking up.
(c) Mooring for a while.
(d) Going home.

2. What does Callahan eat on his birthday in order to have a small celebration?
(a) A piece of bread.
(b) Salmon.
(c) A candy bar.
(d) Can of peanuts.

3. How long is the race that Callahan wants to enter in order to find out whether he is fit for a trans-Atlantic trip?
(a) 600 miles.
(b) 600 kilometers.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 1000 miles.

4. What happens to the bottom of the older solar still, even with the many efforts of Callahan to fix it?
(a) It rots clean through.
(b) It is broken off by a shark.
(c) It goes missing one day.
(d) Nothing.

5. What does Callahan experience which helps him to endure the hot afternoon weather on his boat?
(a) A dream of his ex-wife.
(b) A fever.
(c) A rainshower.
(d) A school of dolphins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Callahan comes to realize that his dreams are dependent on his survival in the ___________ world.

2. Why doesn't anyone on the freighter that Callahan spots see that he is signaling them to see him?

3. Callahan begins to appreciate how much better suited the local ____________ are to the area.

4. What does Callahan think he hears when he is resting beneath the canopy of his boat?

5. What has caused all of the sores and boils on Callahan's body as he has been sitting in his life raft?

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