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

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

3. Which Chilean island is three hundred miles away from Chase's boat in Chapter 12?
(a) Juan Fernandez.
(b) Easter Island.
(c) Wollaston.
(d) Tierra del Fuego.

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

5. What museum acquires the skeleton of the whale found in the Epilogue?
(a) The Cape Cod Maritime Museum.
(b) The Nantucket Whaling Museum.
(c) The New Bedford Whaling Museum.
(d) The Kendall Whaling Museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. After being rescued by the Dauphin, how many captains join Pollard for dinner at the end of Chapter 12?

2. What happens to Chase before he dies?

3. In which region of Chile are Chase, Nickerson, and Lawrence on February 25?

4. When is Pollard's boat sighted again in Chapter 8?

5. What do the men begin losing on their first morning on the island?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Hendricks' boat?

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

4. How has has the town of Nantucket changed since the nineteenth century?

5. How are Wright, Weeks, and Chappel rescued from Henderson Island?

6. How does Cole die in Chapter 12?

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

8. What does the exhibit for the Essex at the Whaling Museum feature?

9. What happens at the end of Chapter 11 when lots are drawn in Pollard's boat?

10. What request does Joy have before dying in Chapter 10?

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