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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a williwaw?
(a) Rain coat.
(b) Wind.
(c) Bird.
(d) Sail.

2. After leaving the Channel, Slocum was on course as he traveled through which Strait?
(a) Bering.
(b) Black.
(c) Magellan.
(d) Bombay.

3. Slocum details his experiences with a civilized little _____.
(a) Spider.
(b) Sea gull.
(c) Carp.
(d) Shark.

4. What was the name of the boat that wrecked shortly before Slocum's arrival?
(a) Roman.
(b) Venetian.
(c) Grecian.
(d) Parisian.

5. How much would it have cost Slocum to join the union to work at the shipyard?
(a) $50.
(b) $60.
(c) $40.
(d) $25.

Short Answer Questions

1. Slocum was pleased to be able to make an excursion to which major metropolitan city?

2. Where was Slocum when he encountered another captain?

3. Where is Slocum at the beginning of chapter 6?

4. What is bacalhao?

5. What was the name of the capital?

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