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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. What gift did Moitessier accept from journalists?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Food.
(c) A transmitter.
(d) A camera.

2. How did Moitessier try to communicate his condition?
(a) By stopping in an Australian port.
(b) By radio.
(c) By putting messages in bottles.
(d) By making two little boats with messages.

3. What did Moitessier feel about the thing he thought back to on Christmas?
(a) Nostalgia.
(b) Fondness.
(c) Regret.
(d) Bitterness.

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

5. What kind of boat did Moitessier sail in the race?
(a) Brigantine.
(b) Yawl.
(c) Catamaran.
(d) Ketch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What repair could Moitessier make quickly after the collision with the freighter?

2. How did Moitessier typically sleep in good conditions?

3. What did Moitessier see around his boat after passing Tasmania?

4. What was Moitessier thinking about when he was sailing south of Australia?

5. With whom did Moitessier communicate off Tasmania?

(see the answer key)

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