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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Callahan hopes to be rescued within ________ days at sea, although he knows of stories of sailors who were at sea for many months.
(a) 15.
(b) 30.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

2. What does Callahan think he hears when he is resting beneath the canopy of his boat?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) God.
(c) Aircraft.
(d) Another boat.

3. Callahan is worried about his _______________, so he decides to do some yoga to see if that helps him at all.
(a) Digestive tract.
(b) Mental state.
(c) Muscle weakness.
(d) Flexibility.

4. While he is taking a risk by not going out to __________, Callahan decides that taking the shorter route is the best for his chances of winning.
(a) The bay.
(b) Port.
(c) The shore.
(d) Sea.

5. After two difficult storms, Callahan declares his absolute _____________ for the lifestyle he is living in the boat.
(a) Love.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Enjoyment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Callahan go to as a result of the storm which takes on his boat suddenly?

2. Callahan takes great comfort in the idea that if he does not survive, then his ___________ will tell his story.

3. Callahan begins to ponder all of the __________ that he did not bring with him on the life raft.

4. On Callahan's __________ day at sea, he is cleaning out a dorado fish when he has a health issue.

5. In the dead of the night, Callahan has to fight off _________ in order to make sure that he is safe and secure in his boat.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Callahan sees a distant ship after his success with the food storage, how does he try to signal the ship?

2. What happened as a result of Callahan's readings of Tinkerbell when he was a child?

3. Why does Callahan want to have calmer weather, even though it might mean that he has a longer time until he might reach the shipping lanes?

4. Why doesn't Callahan use his EPIRB more often in order to signal for help?

5. Why is it important for the harpoon gun to have a strap on it, according to Callahan?

6. What is the fear that Callahan has when he begins to think he has reached the shipping lanes in the ocean?

7. What is one of the signs that the life raft Callahan is using for survival is not holding air as well as it used to?

8. What does Callahan begin to document in order to calculate the odds of his own survival?

9. Why does Callahan decide to grab supplies as his ship is going down, aside to aid him in survival?

10. What does Callahan learn about the Italian vessel he passes during the beginning stages of the race?

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