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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. Remembering a conversation with his _________ helps Callahan to maintain a more stoic demeanor on his boat.
(a) Brother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Father.
(d) Mother.

2. Through the fog and freighter traffic, the Napoleon Solo sails into ____________ to start the race.
(a) Italy.
(b) Portugal.
(c) France.
(d) Spain.

3. Who travels with Callahan during his first trip near the Scilly Isles on the way to Penzance?
(a) Chris.
(b) Catherine.
(c) Julia.
(d) No one.

4. What does Callahan struggle to release as soon as he finds himself in water waist deep?
(a) His flares.
(b) A box of supplies.
(c) The EPIRB.
(d) His life raft.

5. What does Callahan wake to find in his boat when he decides to get some sleep during the storm?
(a) A shark in the boat.
(b) Another sailor.
(c) Water in the boat.
(d) A broken solar still.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Callahan scramble to collect when there is a sudden rainfall on his boat?

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

3. How might Callahan be described as he is alone in the sailboat once more on his journey?

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

5. A passing __________ informs Callahan that all but four of the competitors are behind him.

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Callahan decide to ease his digestion as the lack of bowel movements are becoming uncomfortable and upsetting to him?

2. What kind of dream is Callahan having when he wakes up in the night to crashing waves in the boat?

3. What does Callahan risk when he tries to squeak past the Finisterre during the next stage of the race?

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

5. While Callahan hopes to reach his destination by February 25, what happens which seems to reduce the chances of this happening?

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

7. What is the problem of the choices which Callahan continues to make as he faces the problems of surviving in the boat?

8. How long does Callahan calculate it will take the boat to reach the shipping lanes of the ocean?

9. What happens after Callahan is able to kill a Dorado fish which has been running into his boat?

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

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