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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17 and 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the freighter hit Moitessier's boat?
(a) The bow.
(b) The stern.
(c) The boom.
(d) The side.

2. What broke Moitessier's sextant?
(a) He dropped it.
(b) A seagull.
(c) A wave.
(d) The stove.

3. What did Moitessier remember that happened on his previous boat?
(a) He was thrown off in a gale.
(b) He had run aground.
(c) He had collided with a cargo ship.
(d) He had capsized.

4. What did Moitessier fantasize about at Christmas?
(a) Being with his wife.
(b) Being at his childhood home.
(c) Peace with rats.
(d) Human charity.

5. What happened to the fisherman who got magic powers when he saved a talking fish in the story?
(a) He married the woman the fish turned into.
(b) He lost his powers when he asked for too much.
(c) He became a fish as well.
(d) He was drowned when he tried to follow the fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier think the porpoises were trying to tell him as he passed New Zealand?

2. What were the conditions on Christmas?

3. What did Moitessier remember his Chinese nursemaid telling him about as a child?

4. What state was Moitessier in when he fell asleep on Christmas?

5. What did Moitessier do to ride out bad weather?

(see the answer key)

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