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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Due to starvation and lack of clothes, what illness are the men vulnerable to in the cold rain?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Urticaria.
(c) Hypothermia.
(d) Bronchitis.

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

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

4. When is Pollard's boat sighted again in Chapter 8?
(a) The next afternoon.
(b) The next morning.
(c) Two days later.
(d) Three days later.

5. 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 sleeps with a loaded pistol.
(c) He threatens to decrease the portions for anyone that has too much.
(d) He transfers them to his chest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men do with Cole when he begins ranting incoherently?

2. What discovery does the crew make on November 26?

3. Why does Joy request to be transferred to the captain's boat when he is close to dying?

4. When does Cole die?

5. Compared to the other seventy Nantucket whale ships, how is the Essex considered?

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