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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift did Slocum receive from Foy?
(a) Sails.
(b) Coins.
(c) Food supplies.
(d) Sextant.

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

3. What location was Slocum approaching when he just missed a shipwreck?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Uruguay.
(c) Jamaica.
(d) Paraguay.

4. How long had the boat been sitting in the captain's yard?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 5 years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of Indians chased the Spray in the Bay?

2. Which of the following is not one of the islands described by Slocum at this part in the journey?

3. Which legendary captain is the topic of a lecture delivered by Slocum?

4. What was the name of the king Slocum met while in Apia?

5. Just around this time Slocum has his first real encounter with which of the following:

(see the answer key)

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