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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Aubrey make Grant first officer?
(a) He has promoted Pullings.
(b) Pullings has died.
(c) Pullings is staying ashore.
(d) Pullings is being made bosom.

2. How did the prisoners' quarters appear after the storm?
(a) The same as when started.
(b) About the same as the rest of the ship.
(c) Vile and filthy.
(d) Clean and neat.

3. What is a fourth-rate ship-of-the-line with a tarnished history?
(a) HMS Panther.
(b) HMS Leopard.
(c) HMS Elizabeth.
(d) HMS Ironsides.

4. What is Aubrey doing as the novel opens?
(a) Coming up before the review board.
(b) Getting married.
(c) Hiring crew.
(d) Living a life of dissipation.

5. What does Aubrey think is the reason the Dutch captain keeps pursuing them?
(a) He is under orders from his navy.
(b) He is insane.
(c) His son was killed when they attacked Leopard.
(d) He has lost face with his men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larkin do during lunch one day?

2. What interrupts the daily routine on the ship Saturday?

3. What was Aubrey trying to avoid by going north and northwest?

4. What does Aubrey decide to use as stern chasers?

5. How many sailors are allowed liberty at the next stop?

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