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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time does Chase order the men to prepare the ship for whaling in Chapter 2?
(a) Nine a.m.
(b) Seven a.m.
(c) Six a.m.
(d) Eight a.m.

2. What does Chase do as Nickerson and Lawrence prepare to bury Cole?
(a) He stops them.
(b) He instructs them.
(c) He helps them.
(d) He refuses to watch.

3. What do the men use in Chapter 10 to figure out their longitude?
(a) Only a log line and a compass.
(b) Latitude, a log line, and a compass.
(c) Only latitude and a log line.
(d) Only latitude and a compass.

4. How does Aaron Paddack respond to Pollard's story as Chapter 12 ends?
(a) He ignores it.
(b) He only believes some of it.
(c) He does not believe it.
(d) He writes it down.

5. Why is the crew concerned about the Marquesas?
(a) They are infested with insects.
(b) Many other sailors have disappeared there.
(c) There are rumors that the inhabitants are cannibals.
(d) There are no supplies there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Pollard and Daniel Russell, the captain of the Aurora, discuss in Chapter 4?

2. How do the men on Pollard's boat respond to the whale's attack?

3. As described in Chapter 3, what does each whale boat contain?

4. Unknown to the crew in Chapter 9, how many miles away from the island is a community with food and water?

5. What month is it when the island of St. Mary's is sighted off the coast of Chile in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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