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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Moitessier at 31 degrees latitude?
(a) He blew out a sail.
(b) He found a leak.
(c) He was knocked down.
(d) He encountered another racer.

2. What friend, who had helped Moitessier build other boats, inspired him to figure out how to make repairs now?
(a) Bill King.
(b) Henry Wakelam.
(c) Loick.
(d) Nigel Tetley.

3. What had been used to make a jetty in the port at Trinidad?
(a) Houses flooded in old storms.
(b) Old tires.
(c) Boulders.
(d) A sunken ship.

4. How did Moitessier reconnoiter the town he saw in Trinidad?
(a) By signal flare-light.
(b) By walking around.
(c) By rowing ashore.
(d) By climbing the mast.

5. Where did Moitessier begin his trip around the world?
(a) Penzance, England.
(b) Plymouth, England.
(c) Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
(d) Portsmouth, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moitessier try to communicate his condition?

2. What was a good speed for Moitessier's ship?

3. Where did Moitessier get close to other ships?

4. Where did Moitessier hit the doldrums?

5. What was Moitessier following when he passed the Canary Islands?

(see the answer key)

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