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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 was Moitessier's average speed at the beginning of his trip?
(a) 250 miles a day.
(b) 500 miles a day.
(c) 150 miles a day.
(d) 300 miles a day.

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

3. What were conditions like as Moitessier was approaching Capetown for the second time?
(a) Calm.
(b) Moderate winds but strong seas.
(c) Fine sailing weather.
(d) Stormy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news did Moitessier get about the race on the BBC radio?

2. What did Moitessier remember the weather interpreter needing in order to interpret the weather?

3. What allowed Moitessier's ship to sail so quickly?

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

5. What was dangerous about what Moitessier was thinking about south of Australia?

(see the answer key)

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