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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. How did Moitessier communicate with the freighter at first?
(a) With a mirror for Morse code.
(b) With a radio.
(c) With semaphore flags.
(d) With a can and a slingshot.

2. What reduced Moitessier's speed after passing Tasmania?
(a) A leak.
(b) A gale.
(c) Technical problems.
(d) Doldrums.

3. What book of the Bible did Moitessier meditate on at Christmas?
(a) John.
(b) Mark.
(c) Exodus.
(d) Matthew.

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

5. What did Moitessier compare to a vibration on a boat?
(a) Covenants.
(b) The word.
(c) Grace.
(d) Purgatory.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Moitessier cross the path where he originally headed toward the Cape of Good Hope?

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

3. What did Moitessier see after passing Tasmania?

4. What was Moitessier wondering about when he rounded the Horn?

5. How did Moitessier celebrate his birthday?

(see the answer key)

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