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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. During the last months of the War, how did Mud break his leg?
(a) Pushed down stairs.
(b) Bar brawl.
(c) Street fight.
(d) Jail brawl.

2. How long ago did a sailor create the fisherman's map that Rian bought in the Harbor Market before the Prosperity departed?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 75 years.
(c) 150 years.
(d) 125 years.

3. When Sai gets to the quarterdeck in Chapter 30, how many of the topgallant sails have been rolled up?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 0.
(d) 6.

4. How much is each whale worth for its bones and oil?
(a) 7,000 leks.
(b) 8,000 leks.
(c) 5,000 leks.
(d) 4,000 leks.

5. What type of animals did Mud have to kill when he worked in a slaughterhouse?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Cows.
(c) Pigs.
(d) Turkeys.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protests when the captain's letter releases Paiyoon as mapmaker?

2. What does the captain throw when Sai tries to help her in Chapter 30?

3. What color tint does Paiyoon's eyeglass have?

4. The first time Paiyoon landed at Avens Island, how long did his ship stay?

5. How long can Harbinger birds stay on the wing without touching down?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Rian's story?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the whaling ship like?

8. Who leaves the Prosperity at Avens Island?

9. How does Sai learn how to sketch an area to create a map?

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

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