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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Moitessier celebrate his birthday?
(a) By making repairs.
(b) With champagne.
(c) With fresh fish.
(d) By writing about his voyage.

2. How did Moitessier communicate for the first time with another ship?
(a) By semaphore.
(b) By signal flags.
(c) By Morse code.
(d) By radio.

3. What did Moitessier remember the weather interpreter needing in order to interpret the weather?
(a) Calm.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Wine.
(d) Quiet.

4. What kind of birds did Moitessier see on his way to the Cape of Leeuwin?
(a) Scissortails.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Shearwaters.
(d) Herons.

5. What interaction did Moitessier have with the birds that followed his boat?
(a) He killed them because they were nuisances.
(b) He killed them and ate them.
(c) He fed one by hand.
(d) He was tried to keep them off the deck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the freighter hit Moitessier's boat?

2. What was Moitessier thinking about when he was sailing south of Australia?

3. What repair could Moitessier make quickly after the collision with the freighter?

4. Where did Moitessier recall having sailed in earlier days?

5. How long before a voyage would the weather interpreter gather information about the weather?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Moitessier's interaction with a ship in Walker Bay, South Africa.

2. What wildlife did Moitessier see on his trip?

3. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

4. What dangers did Moitessier avoid as he neared Tasmania?

5. How did Moitessier plan to communicate at sea?

6. What was Moitessier afraid of after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

7. What did Moitessier know about his competitors after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?

8. What were conditions when Moitessier rounded the Cape of Good Hope?

9. Describe Moitessier's interaction with people off the coast of Tasmania.

10. What was Moitessier fantasizing about as Christmas approached?

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