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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the first leg of the trip, Slocum sailed from Boston to which of the following locations?
(a) Liverpool.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) Sydney.
(d) Gibraltar.

2. What is the name of the valley visible from the Slocum house?
(a) Chesapeake.
(b) Annapolis.
(c) Hudson.
(d) Cape May.

3. Slocum was offered a job aboard the experimental gunboat called:
(a) Harbinger.
(b) Victory.
(c) Sluice.
(d) Destroyer.

4. The man was which type of captain?
(a) Navy.
(b) Football.
(c) Whaling.
(d) Coast Guard.

5. Which of the following began to become an issue for Slocum?
(a) Leg cramps.
(b) Cold.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) Fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boat that wrecked shortly before Slocum's arrival?

2. After leaving Port Tamar, Slocum guided the Spray to which location?

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

4. By this time, Slocum was celebrating which major holiday?

5. Which was not one of Slocum's boats?

(see the answer key)

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