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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the crew hoping for as they enter the Offshore Grounds?
(a) Weaker winds.
(b) Another whale.
(c) Stronger winds.
(d) Another whale ship.

2. Which one of the following is not something that Chase does in order to guard the provisions?
(a) He puts an arm or leg across them as he sleeps.
(b) He transfers them to his chest.
(c) He sleeps with a loaded pistol.
(d) He threatens to decrease the portions for anyone that has too much.

3. How long is the huge whale that appears off the port bow in Chapter 5?
(a) Eighty- five feet long.
(b) Seventy- five feet long.
(c) Ninety- five feet long.
(d) Sixty -five feet long.

4. What is the equivalent of the amount of food that each man is given in order to ration it for the trip?
(a) Eight slices of bread.
(b) Six slices of bread.
(c) Six slices of cheese.
(d) Eight slices of cheese.

5. After stopping at the Cape Verde Islands in Chapter 3, how many spare whale boats does the Essex now have?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did English settlers begin arriving in Nantucket?

2. How many people live in Nantucket in 1819?

3. What happens when Chase's boat attempts to approach a whale on November 16?

4. When does the loading of the Essex begin?

5. How many miles west of the Galapagos is the Essex on November 2, 1820?

(see the answer key)

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