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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13 and 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What instrument helps Moitessier estimate his speed and distance traveled?
(a) The tiller.
(b) The log.
(c) The boom.
(d) The barometer.

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

3. What distinction does Cape Horn have of the three capes?
(a) It is the farthest south.
(b) It is the most unpredictable.
(c) It is the stormiest.
(d) It is the calmest.

4. What illusion did Moitessier have at the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) That a man was laughing at him.
(b) That he was sinking.
(c) That he was at home.
(d) That he was making record speeds.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Moitessier have to do when a gale hit?

3. What did Moitessier do to celebrate Christmas?

4. What did Moitessier want to send to the Sunday Times?

5. What kind of birds did Moitessier see on his way to the Cape of Leeuwin?

(see the answer key)

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