North Sun: Or, The Voyage of the Whaleship Esther Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Sarah do with Lovejoy’s letter after her visit to the Sophie? (from Chapters 5 – 8)

She drops the pages into the harbor and lets the water take them.

She returns the letter directly to Lovejoy at the inn.

She locks the letter in her father’s desk without reading it.

She burns the letter in the galley of a dockside tavern.

2.

How does Leander explain the fate of the Dromo’s oil cargo in his conversation with Lovejoy and Thule? (from Chapters 9 – 11)

He reports that a storm sinks the ship with all the oil still aboard.

He claims that Ashley’s agents arrive first and reclaim every cask.

He says the cargo is safely buried in a cache beneath the depot floor.

He says the barrels are crushed or opened during a fever and the oil is poured back into the sea.

3.

How does Thule die after the Esther’s final hunting spree? (from Chapters 12 – 14)

He walks calmly over the rail in a fever and disappears into the water.

He is crushed between two ice floes while lowering a boat.

He is struck by a bomb lance that misfires on deck.

He freezes to death while scouting alone on a floe.

4.

What does Sarah give the boys when she meets them in town after their return? (from Chapters 15 – 16)

Copies of all the Ashley family logbooks.

Signed contracts for positions in the Ashley office.

Two deeds to small houses on the hill.

Gold brooches shaped like birds and an apology for her family’s actions.

5.

What does the structure of the depot where Lovejoy and Thule find Leander suggest about its origin? (from Chapters 9 – 11)

It is built from salvaged timbers of the Dromo and resembles a ship turned into a hut.

It is a whaling station built recently by a rival company.

It is a natural ice cave shaped like a cathedral.

It is a stone fortress constructed by the navy.

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