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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19 and 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What voyage did Moitessier think back to as he was approaching Tasmania?
(a) Cruising the Indian Ocean.
(b) Cruising the Gulf of Siam.
(c) Cruising in the Mediterranean.
(d) Cruising the Bay of Fundy.

2. What was Moitessier thinking about his competitors when he rounded Cape Horn?
(a) Whether they had made it.
(b) Whether they had been faster.
(c) How much food they had.
(d) How much water they had.

3. What dangerous reef did Moitessier avoid near New Zealand?
(a) Lighthouse Reef.
(b) The South Trap.
(c) The Barrier Reef.
(d) Mount Reef.

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

5. What happened to the fisherman who got magic powers when he saved a talking fish in the story?
(a) He married the woman the fish turned into.
(b) He was drowned when he tried to follow the fish.
(c) He became a fish as well.
(d) He lost his powers when he asked for too much.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of birds did Moitessier see on his way to the Cape of Leeuwin?

3. What did Moitessier film following his ship?

4. What did Moitessier do when the barometer dropped as Moitessier approached Cape Horn?

5. What did Moitessier think the porpoises were trying to tell him as he passed New Zealand?

(see the answer key)

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