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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Moitessier learn sailing junks as a youth?
(a) How to read the seaweed and ocean life.
(b) How to sail without a compass.
(c) How to wash clothing in seawater.
(d) How to navigate by the stars.

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

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

4. How much fresh water did Moitessier have to drink every day?
(a) 1 gallon.
(b) 2 quarts.
(c) 1 quart.
(d) 3 quarts.

5. What broke Moitessier's sextant?
(a) A seagull.
(b) The stove.
(c) A wave.
(d) He dropped it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Moitessier at 31 degrees latitude?

2. What did Moitessier do to celebrate Christmas?

3. Whom did Moitessier say he pitied after he docked his boat?

4. How much water did Moitessier capture after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

5. How did Moitessier communicate with the freighter at first?

(see the answer key)

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