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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Joy request to be transferred to the captain's boat when he is close to dying?
(a) To die among Nantucketers.
(b) The captain's boat has more food.
(c) To die next to the captain.
(d) There is a doctor on the captain's boat.

2. How far have the men rescued by the Dauphin been sailing at the end of the Preface?
(a) Fifty- five hundred nautical miles.
(b) Forty- five hundred nautical miles.
(c) Twenty- five hundred nautical miles.
(d) Thirty- five hundred nautical miles.

3. What does the Aurora bring for the crew of the Essex?
(a) More food.
(b) Letters from home.
(c) More weapons.
(d) Sailors and boats.

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

5. On which country's coast is the Dauphin traveling when it spots the smaller boat?
(a) Venezuela's.
(b) Chile's.
(c) Argentina's.
(d) Brazil's.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did ships from Nantucket first start rounding Cape Horn?

3. According to one naval architect, what might have helped the Essex withstand the whale's attack?

4. When is land finally spotted at the end of Chapter 8?

5. Why does Pollard choose the Society Islands as the crew's destination?

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