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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 did Moitessier watch after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) His food supply.
(b) The birds that follow his ship.
(c) The water.
(d) The sails.

2. What did Moitessier capture in a bucket?
(a) Plankton.
(b) Flying fish.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Water spiders.

3. What danger was Moitessier on the lookout for as he passed Cape Horn?
(a) Icebergs.
(b) Sharks.
(c) Whales.
(d) Gales.

4. What did Moitessier begin to use as he approached Cape Horn?
(a) Headlamps.
(b) The radio.
(c) A safety harness.
(d) Radar.

5. What repair could Moitessier make quickly after the collision with the freighter?
(a) The shrouds.
(b) The bowsprit.
(c) The hull.
(d) The keel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moitessier keep track of his route?

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

3. What parallel did Moitessier steer by as he headed to Cape Horn?

4. What did a porpoise do after Moitessier struck sail?

5. What did Moitessier see after passing Tasmania?

(see the answer key)

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