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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 reduced Moitessier's speed after passing Tasmania?
(a) Technical problems.
(b) A gale.
(c) A leak.
(d) Doldrums.

2. What did Moitessier ultimately pass to the freighter?
(a) A message.
(b) Directions.
(c) An update on his condition.
(d) A package.

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

4. What book of the Bible did Moitessier meditate on at Christmas?
(a) Mark.
(b) Exodus.
(c) John.
(d) Matthew.

5. Where had Moitessier sailed a junk?
(a) In China.
(b) In England.
(c) In Australia.
(d) In Vietnam.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Moitessier try to determine whether there was a gale coming as he approached Australia?

2. What broke Moitessier's sextant?

3. What did Moitessier do when he was about 300 miles from the Cape of Good Hope?

4. How did Moitessier communicate for the first time with another ship?

5. When did Moitessier begin to prepare for his trip around the world?

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