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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the Captain fell, he landed on his ___________.
(a) Feet.
(b) Head.
(c) Backside.
(d) It is not known immediately.

2. Who is the ship surgeon?
(a) Coleman.
(b) Whiting.
(c) Pierce.
(d) Clive.

3. The Captain orders _______ and _______ to report properly dressed when every watch is called.
(a) Bush and Hornblower.
(b) Bush and Roberts.
(c) Bush and Wellard.
(d) Bush and Buckland.

4. Buckland, as acting Captain, seems to be quite ______________.
(a) Inexperienced.
(b) Angry.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Suspicious.

5. How is the Captain's physical appearance described?
(a) Unshaven.
(b) Unkempt and seedy.
(c) All of the answers are correct.
(d) Having a big nose.

Short Answer Questions

1. The 22nd Article concerns _______________.

2. Which items are locked in the Captain's desk?

3. Who is the first to say that the Captain has been hurt?

4. What does the phrase, "rope yarn Sunday" mean when the Captain declares it after his reading?

5. The ship's surgeon has to administer a heavy dose of _______ to set the Captain's fractured nose.

(see the answer key)

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