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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. On December 13, how many nautical miles do the men think they are away from reaching the light variable winds they need?
(a) Less than one hundred.
(b) At least three hundred.
(c) At least four hundred.
(d) Less than two hundred.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the men use in Chapter 10 to figure out their longitude?

3. What type of fish surround Chase's boat in Chapter 8?

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

5. What day does Richard Peterson choose to die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What difficulties is Chase's boat having in Chapter 11?

2. What is the crew concerned about as it sees land in the beginning of Chapter 9?

3. How does Pollard's boat become separated from Hendricks' boat?

4. What idea does Pollard have for sailing out of the calm winds in Chapter 8?

5. Who attends the dinner on the night Pollard is rescued, and what does Pollard discuss with Aaron Paddack later that night?

6. How do the men confuse the name of the island they have found in Chapter 9?

7. Why does the crew decide to leave Henderson Island? Who chooses to stay?

8. How does Pollard's whaling career end, and how is he remembered?

9. How does Cole die in Chapter 12?

10. How does Chase choose the events to include in a book about the Essex?

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