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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue and Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Brennans are surprised by what aspect of the prices they encounter once on land?
(a) How low they are.
(b) How they differ according to the method of payment used.
(c) How often they fluctuate.
(d) How high they are.

2. What does Håkan lose "in a matter of days" (22)?
(a) His memory of Linus.
(b) The hair on his head.
(c) Three of his teeth.
(d) His fear.

3. Which two sons in Håkan's family die from illness?
(a) The two youngest.
(b) The two eldest.
(c) The youngest and the eldest.
(d) The middle and the youngest.

4. In what location does Håkan lose track of his brother Linus?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Portsmouth.
(c) Gothenburg.
(d) New York City.

5. When Håkan begins to pay attention to the conversations happening aboard the ship, he names which element as common to them all?
(a) Coal.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Timber.

Short Answer Questions

1. A convoy from what location arrives in order to threaten the Brennans if they do not give up their mine and flee?

2. In what century is the novel In the Distance set?

3. The prologue takes place on a ship near what location?

4. What element of weather leads to the men's predicament of being stranded?

5. Håkan finds out from a sailor that the land he sees from the ship is part of what location?

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