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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, and 6, pp. 42-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, what do sea birds signal?
(a) Good weather.
(b) Other shipping.
(c) Whales.
(d) Approaching land.

2. How long does the narrator expect the whaling voyage could last if he had stayed aboard?
(a) Five years.
(b) Three years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six months.

3. What do the narrator and Toby grab on their way off the ship?
(a) Guns.
(b) Paper.
(c) Biscuits.
(d) Knives.

4. Since what year had the island of Nukuheva been known to the Americans, at the outset of the book?
(a) 1822.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1812.
(d) 1758.

5. In what name are the French claiming Nukuheva?
(a) Progress.
(b) Civilization.
(c) Equality.
(d) Liberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the natives bring to the Dolly?

2. What do the French put ashore at the beginning of Chapter 3?

3. What danger will the narrator know he will confront before he abandons his ship?

4. Who or what approaches the Dolly when it reaches Nukuheva?

5. Why does the narrator run away from the Dolly?

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