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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what part of the ship were the prisoners held?
(a) Cargo bay.
(b) Forecastle.
(c) The forepeak.
(d) Rear hold.

2. What was Aubrey trying to avoid by going north and northwest?
(a) The south side of France.
(b) Bay of Bengali.
(c) The lee side of Spain.
(d) Eastern Africa.

3. What does Maturin think has affected the rats?
(a) Nothing he can see.
(b) The prisoners.
(c) The type of food they carry.
(d) The storm.

4. What does Maturin notice about the rats on board the ship?
(a) There are more than usual.
(b) They are very skinny.
(c) They are very fat.
(d) They are acting peculiar.

5. What does Maturin do about the prisoners' illness?
(a) He has no treatment for it.
(b) He allows it to spread so people will become immune.
(c) Cures it with medicine.
(d) Tries to contain it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the officer causing problems?

2. In which direction does Aubrey head after the storm?

3. Why do they take ice aboard the ship?

4. How does Wogan appear after the storm?

5. What is the windless place called that the ship encounters?

(see the answer key)

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