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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times does Dr. Pinching order water to be boiled after Captain Sangra becomes ill?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. What does Paiyoon give Sai as he leaves?
(a) Map.
(b) Journal.
(c) Compass.
(d) Eyeglass.

3. In Chapter 20, where does Master Paiyoon say that Sai's mapmaking education truly begins?
(a) Stellam.
(b) Lamnam.
(c) The Deserdells.
(d) Padu Archipelago.

4. At the end of Chapter 27, how many letters does Rian want Sai to write?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. Where was the man from that Captain Sangra loved?
(a) Amnaj.
(b) Wilna.
(c) Fah.
(d) Fahlin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bo have to hide on board the Prosperity?

2. What type of fever is rampant on Fahlin in Chapter 23?

3. When was Paiyoon aboard the first Mangkon ship to land at Avens Island?

4. In Chapter 30, how far is the Prosperity from Avens Island?

5. In Chapter 25, what type of creature is on the flag of the whaling ship?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Rian's story?

2. How does the whaling ship attract the whales and bring them in close to be killed and harvested?

3. What reason does Captain Sangra give Sai for her strength returning?

4. What do the whalers do with the whale they kill and why?

5. What is Bo's story?

6. How did Rian get a place on the Prosperity?

7. Why does Dumpling think he is seeing the Slake?

8. In the records Sai studies from Paiyoon, why were sailors not able to measure their longitude accurately?

9. What does Sai realize about Master Paiyoon's reluctance to try to find the Sunderlands?

10. In Chapter 21, what conversation do Paiyoon and Rian have about the Sunderlands?

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