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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 starts leaking.
(b) It catches fire.
(c) It runs out of provisions.
(d) It capsizes.

2. Which direction is Chase's boat floating in Chapter 11?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) East.

3. How long does Pollard wait before being taken home on the Two Brothers?
(a) Two months.
(b) One month.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) One week.

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

5. What type of exhibit is given to the Essex at the museum referenced in the Epilogue?
(a) Small.
(b) Vague.
(c) Detailed.
(d) Big.

6. What does Pollard do the night before leaving the island in Chapter 9?
(a) He begins collecting rocks.
(b) He writes a letter to the captain of another ship.
(c) He begins collecting nuts and berries.
(d) He writes a letter to his wife.

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

8. Why is it difficult for the men to row in Chapter 8?
(a) It is too hot.
(b) They are not getting enough sleep.
(c) They are rowing against the wind.
(d) They are too weak.

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

11. How many days worth of food does Chase's boat have at the start of Chapter 12?
(a) Ten.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Twelve.

12. Which one of the following is not a whale ship that the Hero encounters on its way to Chile?
(a) Diana.
(b) Dauphin.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Two Brothers.

13. How many men choose to stay on the island at the end of Chapter 9?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

14. After being separated from Hendricks' boat, how far from the coast of South America is Pollard?
(a) Two thousand miles.
(b) One thousand miles.
(c) Twenty five hundred miles.
(d) Fifteen hundred miles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What direction do the winds blow from in the trades for seventy percent of the year?

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

3. Whose ideas is it to repair the bottom of the boat by holding a hatchet against the plank from underwater?

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

5. Which one of the following is not something that Chase does in order to guard the provisions?

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