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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 127.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?
(a) Sojo.
(b) Mojo.
(c) Yojo.
(d) Jojo.

2. Which ship does Ishmael select for him and Queequeg to sign on?
(a) the Devil-dam.
(b) the Titanic.
(c) the Tit-bit.
(d) the Pequod.

3. Why does Elijah challenge Ishmael to find the men he saw heading for the Pequod?
(a) they will not board with Captain Ahab.
(b) they are criminals sabotaging the Pequod.
(c) they are ghosts and not real men.
(d) they are figments of Ishmael's imagination.

4. Why does Pip join on one of the whaling boats?
(a) because one of the crew is injured.
(b) because he was sleeping in the boat.
(c) because he angered Captain ahab.
(d) because he begs to go along.

5. To what does Ishmael attribute the hieroglyphic-like markings on the whale skin?
(a) ageing.
(b) contacts with other whales.
(c) scrapes from coral reefs.
(d) contacts with ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishmael ultimately describe the whale?

2. Who are Peleg and Bildad?

3. What does Ahab finally admit?

4. What does Ishmael say whale ship crew members often do with the bones of whales?

5. What happens to Queequeg while he helps locate the oil leak?

(see the answer key)

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