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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Hendricks' boat on January 14?
(a) It catches fire.
(b) It starts leaking.
(c) It capsizes.
(d) It runs out of provisions.

2. When does Pollard's boat disappear in Chapter 8?
(a) The night of December 10.
(b) The morning of December 10.
(c) The night of December 9.
(d) The morning of December 9.

3. Why is it difficult for the Surry to land on Henderson Island during the rescue of the men?
(a) The wind is too strong.
(b) The boat is too damaged.
(c) The rain is too heavy.
(d) The coral is too dangerous.

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

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

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

7. How long is it after avoiding the Society Islands in fear of cannibalism that the crew resorts to it for survival?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Two months.
(d) Three months.

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

9. When do Chase, Lawrence, and Nickerson arrive in Nantucket?
(a) April 11.
(b) June 11.
(c) July 11.
(d) May 11.

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

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

12. What time of the day do the men observe the latitude of their trip in Chapter 10?
(a) Eight o'clock in the evening.
(b) Eight o'clock in the morning.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Noon.

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

14. What does Chase put in each boat at the beginning of Chapter 10?
(a) A flat stone and leaves.
(b) A flat stone and firewood.
(c) A flat stone, firewood, and leaves.
(d) Firewood and leaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Chase before he dies?

2. How common was cannibalism among sailors that are shipwrecked during the time the book takes place?

3. What has Pollard's Nantucket house become in modern times?

4. What year is it when Chapter 12 begins?

5. How do the other men try to locate Pollard's boat after it disappears?

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