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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being damaged in the storm, who encourages Pollard to continue with the trip instead of returning to Nantucket?
(a) Only Joy.
(b) Chase and Joy.
(c) Nickerson and Joy.
(d) Only Chase.

2. How many men normally would attempt to approach, harpoon, and kill the whale?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Eight.

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

4. How many whale boats does the crew of the Essex lose after the first encounter with two whales in Chapter 3?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

5. How old is Thomas Nickerson when he first boards the Essex?
(a) Eighteen years old.
(b) Fifteen years old.
(c) Fourteen years old.
(d) Sixteen years old.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many whaleboats are loaded onto the Essex in Chapter 1?

2. In what year does the story take place in?

3. How old is Captain George Pollard, Jr. when he boards the Essex in Chapter 2?

4. As the frustrations grow on the Essex, what complaint do the men bring to Pollard at the end of Chapter 3?

5. How many people live in Nantucket in 1819?

(see the answer key)

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