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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news depresses Aubrey?
(a) News about his wife's death.
(b) No news is what depresses Aubrey.
(c) News of the war.
(d) News about his assignment being given to another Captain.

2. What do the men do to the food and water in the boat?
(a) Ration it.
(b) Divide it equally among the men.
(c) Eat it before it spoils.
(d) They didn't get any food or water in the boat.

3. Why does the Leopard make quite a stir when entering the port?
(a) She is flying Dutch colors.
(b) She is the first English colors seen there in years.
(c) She was thought to be long lost at sea.
(d) She is listing badly to starboard.

4. What do Aubrey and the Leopard crew volunteer to do?
(a) Guard the diplomat and his retinue.
(b) Man the rigging.
(c) Serve on the boarding crew.
(d) Serve the forward gun battery.

5. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?
(a) The Admiral has not yet decided.
(b) They will be disbursed among the Admiral's other ships.
(c) They will sail back to England and be assigned to other ships.
(d) They will stay with the Leopard.

6. Who do Maturin and Aubrey take on in Cricket?
(a) The team from the La Flèche.
(b) The Admiral's prime team.
(c) Some local sailors.
(d) Other members of the crew from the Leopard.

7. What vessel will Aubrey be captaining once he arrives in England?
(a) The Leopard after its refitting.
(b) The York.
(c) The Northhampton.
(d) The Acasta.

8. Who is Pontet-Canet?
(a) A French officer on board the Constitutioni.
(b) A Frenchman Maturin has seen before.
(c) The steward of the Constitution.
(d) One of the main commanders in the French and Indian wars.

9. Of what are some American agents accusing Aubrey?
(a) Sedition.
(b) Lying.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Executing an American soldier on the Leopard.

10. Why does Christmas of 1812 pass with some gloom?
(a) The sailors are not in the thick of the war.
(b) The war is not going well.
(c) The war is not over.
(d) Aubrey's men had expected to celebrate Christmas in England.

11. What does Evans present to Maturin for Aubrey?
(a) Aubrey's sword.
(b) A collection.
(c) A ascot.
(d) A pin for valor.

12. What seems a possibility to the men after a few days?
(a) They will sight land soon.
(b) They are on the wrong course.
(c) They will start encountering other vessels as they have entered a shipping lane.
(d) Starvation.

13. What about Maturin's collection most interests the crew?
(a) The spirits in which the specimens are soaking.
(b) The life 10 foot boa constrictor.
(c) The stuffed Komodo dragon.
(d) The stuffed gorilla.

14. What separates all the life boats from each other?
(a) Anger among the crew members.
(b) It is regulation to do so.
(c) Foul weather.
(d) The incompetence of some of the crew.

15. How does Maturin find the Captain of the La Flèche?
(a) Arrogant and condescending.
(b) A fop.
(c) Entirely agreeable, well-read, and intelligent.
(d) Feckless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls upon Wallis?

2. Where does the Constitution land?

3. Where does La Flèche stop to resupply?

4. Over what does Maturin agonize when on board the La Flèche?

5. How was the news disseminated?

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