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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Captain Ahab as the crew begins coming aboard the Pequod?
(a) bringing up the rear.
(b) still at home in his bedroom.
(c) in his cabin.
(d) standing on the deck.

2. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?
(a) agreeing to convert to Christianity.
(b) demonstrating his skill with the harpoon.
(c) giving the owners shrunken heads.
(d) offering to work for less pay.

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

4. Why does the captain of a whale ship the Pequod meets at sea not want to board the Pequod?
(a) he does not like Ahab.
(b) he is jealous of the Pequod's catch.
(c) he never leaves his own ship.
(d) his crew is ill.

5. What does Stubb instruct Daggoo to do for him?
(a) take over securing the whale to the ship.
(b) carve his name on the whale's back.
(c) cut a steak from the tail of the whale.
(d) cut out a tooth from the whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the conversation like at breakfast in the Spouter Inn?

2. How does Stubb regain a dead whale from a French whaling boat?

3. How does Ahab become more irritated as the Pequod sails in the Pacific Ocean?

4. What is the carpenter doing when Ahab ascends to deck the next morning?

5. Why does Ahab insist that the captain of the Jeroboam come aboard the Pequod?

(see the answer key)

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