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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much money does each member of the Constellation give to the recovery of Chase, Nickerson, and Lawrence?
(a) Two dollars.
(b) One dollar.
(c) One dollar and fifty cents.
(d) Two dollars and fifty cents.

2. What day does Richard Peterson choose to die?
(a) January 20.
(b) January 18.
(c) January 19.
(d) January 17.

3. Why is the arrival of Chase, Lawrence, and Nickerson in Nantucket unexpected in Chapter 13?
(a) They are scheduled to arrive one month later.
(b) A rumor had been told that they refused to return home.
(c) The people there are not aware of their rescue.
(d) They are scheduled to arrive on a different ship.

4. When is land finally spotted at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) December 17.
(b) December 19.
(c) December 16.
(d) December 18.

5. Whose ideas is it to repair the bottom of the boat by holding a hatchet against the plank from underwater?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Chase.
(c) Pollard.
(d) Nickerson.

6. On what night do Pollard's boat and Hendricks' boat become separated?
(a) January 29.
(b) February 1.
(c) February 2.
(d) January 28.

7. How many days after leaving the sunken Essex is Chase's boat rescued by the Indian?
(a) Eighty- nine.
(b) One hundred and nineteen.
(c) One hundred and nine.
(d) Ninety- nine.

8. What has the boarding house that Nickerson owned become in modern times?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A parking garage.
(c) An office building.
(d) A shopping mall.

9. Which one of the following is not included in the museum's exhibit of the Essex?
(a) Signatures.
(b) Twine.
(c) A list of the crew.
(d) The ship's truck.

10. What is Chase's first inclination upon arriving at the island in Chapter 9?
(a) To settle on the island for a few days.
(b) To settle on the island permanently.
(c) To leave immediately.
(d) To settle on the island for a few weeks.

11. What direction do the winds blow from in the trades for seventy percent of the year?
(a) Southwest.
(b) Southeast.
(c) Northwest.
(d) Northeast.

12. What is the first concern that the men have about the island they find?
(a) It might not have food.
(b) It might be inhabited.
(c) It might not have water.
(d) It might be deserted.

13. Who is the first person chosen at the end of Chapter 11 when the lot is drawn?
(a) Pollard.
(b) Ray.
(c) Coffin.
(d) Ramsdell.

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

15. What island do the men initially think they have found in the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) Oeno Island.
(b) Henderson Island.
(c) Pitcairn Island.
(d) Ducie Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. Contrary to what the men think, what island are they actually on in Chapter 9?

2. What year is it when Chapter 12 begins?

3. What does Chase encounter at the end of Chapter 10?

4. When does Pollard's boat disappear in Chapter 8?

5. What do the men in Chase's boat discover attached to the bottom of it on December 14?

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