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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What adjective is used to describe Slocum's friend the captain?
(a) Doddering.
(b) Scattered.
(c) Crotchety.
(d) Seasoned.

3. What was the official occupation of John Slocum?
(a) Leather worker.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Blacksmith.

4. What group of Indians chased the Spray in the Bay?
(a) Apache.
(b) Fortesque.
(c) Anasazi.
(d) Amazonian.

5. Slocum referred to which famous Pilgrim?
(a) Brewster.
(b) Cook.
(c) Standish.
(d) Bradford.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Joshua Slocum's sister?

2. Slocum was offered a job aboard the experimental gunboat called:

3. How long had the boat been sitting in the captain's yard?

4. Once again Slocum was chased by savages. This time they were on the water in ___ canoes.

5. What is the name of the province where Slocum was born?

(see the answer key)

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