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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are reef points?
(a) Buoys that mark reefs.
(b) Lines to reduce sail area.
(c) The moment in a gale when he would reef sails.
(d) The point at which the mast hits the water in a knockdown.

2. What was Moitessier wondering about when he rounded the Horn?
(a) His wife's birthday.
(b) His childhood home.
(c) The prize money from the race.
(d) Nigel's trimaran.

3. When did Moitessier cross the path where he originally headed toward the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) February 1969.
(b) June 1969.
(c) April 1969.
(d) March 1969.

4. What did Moitessier find when he reached the Galapagos Islands?
(a) A research station.
(b) Seal hunters' shacks.
(c) A small town.
(d) Seals and penguins.

5. What is pitch-poling?
(a) Capsizing front-first.
(b) Capsizing side-first.
(c) Putting the wind dead astern.
(d) Using a spar to hold out the sails in light air.

6. Who helped Moitessier when he was in Singapore and his boat needed a caulk job?
(a) A friend from Australia.
(b) An unknown stranger.
(c) The Pope.
(d) His wife.

7. Why did Moitessier ultimately decide not to round another cape?
(a) He had been knocked down too many times.
(b) He was running out of food.
(c) He wanted to see some friends.
(d) He was tired of fighting storms.

8. What had conditions been like when Moitessier approached Cape Horn with his wife on an earlier voyage?
(a) Stormy.
(b) Calm.
(c) Foul.
(d) Pleasant.

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

10. Whom did Moitessier say he pitied after he docked his boat?
(a) Sailors who don't have wild places to sail to any more.
(b) Locals whose livelihoods are disturbed by 'progress'.
(c) The rats that go to ships to steal food.
(d) Wives who haven't seen their husbands in almost a year.

11. For what purpose did Moitessier put on his wetsuit?
(a) Scraping barnacles.
(b) Fending off icebergs.
(c) Weathering a snowstorm.
(d) Sleeping.

12. How can you avoid pitch-poling?
(a) Sail 15 degrees off the seas.
(b) Sail with the seas 5-10 degrees astern.
(c) Sail directly downwind.
(d) Sail with the seas on the beam.

13. What had Moitessier's friends planted in the harbor?
(a) Grass and banana trees.
(b) Poppies and hashish.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Wheat and rice.

14. Where did Moitessier use Vaseline on his boat?
(a) Reef points.
(b) The sail track.
(c) Mast rungs.
(d) Spreaders.

15. Where was the boat when Moitessier woke up from his sleep?
(a) 28 miles from the Horn.
(b) 56 miles from the Horn.
(c) 15 miles from the Horn.
(d) 130 miles from the Horn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Moitessier trying to avoid as he approached Cape Horn?

2. What parallel did Moitessier steer by as he headed to Cape Horn?

3. How often did Moitessier use the self-steering device?

4. What did Moitessier dream about as he approached Cape Horn?

5. What news did Moitessier get about the other racers?

(see the answer keys)

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