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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Herapath tell Maturin about opium?
(a) It is too addictive to use.
(b) He has smoked it often in his life.
(c) He has never tried it.
(d) He wants to see what it's like.

2. What does Maturin tell Putnam when he works on him?
(a) To exercise more.
(b) To eat more vegetables.
(c) To quit drinking rum.
(d) They need the use of a forge.

3. How does the crew act towards Wogan?
(a) Pretended indifference.
(b) With great interest.
(c) With judgment.
(d) Hostile.

4. Why is Aubrey bleeding after the battle?
(a) His arm was caught in the rigging.
(b) He was hit with splinters.
(c) He was hit with shrapnel.
(d) Grant slashed him with a knife.

5. Who takes charge of the ship after the battle with the Dutch?
(a) Pullings.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Grant.
(d) Babbington.

6. What type of surprise attack does the Dutch captain set up one night?
(a) Sending swimmers over to board Leopard.
(b) Hitting the bow with a whaling harpoon.
(c) Surrounding Leopard with small boats.
(d) Shooting fire arrows.

7. How well did Grant perform in combat?
(a) Almost as good as Aubrey.
(b) Very poorly.
(c) Very well.
(d) Mediocre.

8. What does the crew get from Peggy?
(a) Subtle put downs.
(b) Entertainment from her singing.
(c) Reading instruction.
(d) Venereal disease.

9. How does Waakzaamheid finally close in on Leopard?
(a) By slipping grappling hooks on the stern.
(b) In heavy weather that slows Leopard down.
(c) During a heavy fog.
(d) In the night.

10. What does the part of the crew that takes the boats and leave the ship take with them?
(a) All of the ship's small arms.
(b) All of the ship's food.
(c) Part of the ship's rum rations.
(d) Most of the ship's spare rope.

11. What surprises Aubrey when morning arrives?
(a) The Leopard is surrounded by land.
(b) A storm has come up.
(c) The Dutch ship is still pursuing.
(d) The Dutch ship is gone.

12. How does Herapath feel when doing what Wogan wants?
(a) Like he's going to be a father.
(b) Like he's a real spy.
(c) Like he has outsmarted Maturin.
(d) Like he's betraying Maturin.

13. What does Maturin tell Herapath about the La Fayette?
(a) It will take him back to England.
(b) If he managed to get to the deck he would be free.
(c) It will probably sail to South America.
(d) Wogan will be going over to it.

14. What happens to the rudder when they pull away from the iceberg?
(a) It dismounts.
(b) It breaks off.
(c) It pushes up into the hull.
(d) Nothing.

15. What does Aubrey think about the Dutch captain?
(a) He must need money desperately.
(b) He is new and wants to prove himself.
(c) He must be devoted to combat.
(d) He must be psychic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Aubrey pulls the ship away from the ice?

2. What type of plant on Desolation Island does Maturin think will be good for the crew?

3. What needs to be made in order to mount the rudder?

4. What does Leopard miss within eyesight?

5. What does Aubrey think is the reason the Dutch captain keeps pursuing them?

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