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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11 and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which competitors did Moitessier say were supposed to keep in radio contact?
(a) Loick and Nigel Tetley.
(b) Bill and Nigel.
(c) Loick and Fougeron.
(d) Fougeron and Bill.

3. What was Moitessier thinking about when he was sailing south of Australia?
(a) What his competitors were up to.
(b) Getting supplies.
(c) Making repairs.
(d) Reporting his position.

4. What did Moitessier think back to on Christmas?
(a) Sailing in England.
(b) Having Christmas with his wife.
(c) Killing a rat in Tahiti.
(d) Having ham at home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier feel about the thing he thought back to on Christmas?

2. What had been used to make a jetty in the port at Trinidad?

3. What is the old saying about gales and stars?

4. What organization sponsored the round-the-world race?

5. What were the conditions when Moitessier passed the Cape Agulhas lighthouse?

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