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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 was Moitessier's wife's name?
(a) Jeanette.
(b) Francoise.
(c) Marie.
(d) Helene.

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

3. What did Moitessier hope was communicated from his contact with the town in Trinidad?
(a) The message he communicated with Morse code.
(b) The letters on his sail.
(c) The film he dropped off.
(d) The message he passed to the boat that came to meet him.

4. What did Moitessier do when he hit light winds after passing Trinidad?
(a) Paint the decks.
(b) Tune his rigging.
(c) Clean the barnacles from the hull.
(d) Varnish all the woodwork.

5. What did Moitessier avoid off the coast of Tasmania?
(a) A reef and a rock.
(b) Pirates.
(c) A gale.
(d) Sharks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Moitessier recall having sailed in earlier days?

2. What did Moitessier think about the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and Durban?

3. What did Moitessier capture in a bucket?

4. What happened to Moitessier at 31 degrees latitude?

5. What allowed Moitessier's ship to sail so quickly?

(see the answer key)

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