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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Moitessier recall having sailed in earlier days?
(a) England.
(b) China.
(c) Siam (Thailand).
(d) Italy.

2. What did Moitessier do to ride out bad weather?
(a) Drop all sail.
(b) Heave-to.
(c) Anchor.
(d) Run.

3. Which competitor did Moitessier believe he had heard news of?
(a) Loick.
(b) Knox-Johnston.
(c) Fougeron
(d) King.

4. What were the glowing balls Moitessier saw on the staysail and in the sea?
(a) Small fish.
(b) Plankton.
(c) Dead squid.
(d) Jellyfish.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Nigel Tetley's boat named?

2. What did Moitessier see when he first spied the town in Trinidad?

3. Why was Moitessier anxious after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

4. What gift did Moitessier accept from journalists?

5. What was Moitessier running low on after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

(see the answer key)

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