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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. What did Moitessier have to do when a gale hit?
(a) Raise the sails.
(b) Reef the sails.
(c) Strike the sails.
(d) Trim the sails.

2. Why did Moitessier keep his sails reefed after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) He was tired.
(b) The winds were still howling.
(c) He had torn his large sails.
(d) The winds had gotten light.

3. What did Moitessier think about the waters between the Cape of Good Hope and Durban?
(a) He thought they were interesting, with complicated currents.
(b) He thought they could be deceptively clear.
(c) He thought they were smooth sailing.
(d) He thought they were dangerous.

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

5. How much distance was Moitessier covering in a day after good winds returned after rounding the Cape of Good Hope?
(a) 80 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 100 miles.
(d) 160 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Moitessier think back to on Christmas?

2. Where did Moitessier begin his trip around the world?

3. What did Moitessier do to ride out bad weather?

4. What was Moitessier's strategy in the around the world race?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What wildlife did Moitessier see on his trip?

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

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

4. Describe Moitessier's sailing experience in a junk.

5. What were Moitessier's Christmas meditations?

6. Describe Moitessier's first knockdown on the round-the-world trip.

7. Describe the conditions during Moitessier's approach to Trinidad.

8. Describe Moitessier's passage past New Zealand.

9. What equipment did Moitessier refuse to take with him?

10. What was Moitessier looking for as he approached South Australia?

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