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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Villiers?
(a) She is shot as they are rowing out of the harbor.
(b) She becomes seasick.
(c) Nothing.
(d) She falls overboard and drowns.

2. What does Maturin do in Villiers' room?
(a) Clean his wounds.
(b) Hides under her bed covers.
(c) Tears it apart looking for a pistol.
(d) Hides in the armoire.

3. What is likely to happen with the escape of Aubrey and Maturin?
(a) The Chesapeake will likely come out to confront the Shannon.
(b) The Shannon will take the three to find passage out of Cuba.
(c) The Shannon will be asked to leave American waters.
(d) The Shannon will head for England.

4. Who does Maturin go to see after speaking to Michael Herapath?
(a) Wogan.
(b) A friend in the State Department.
(c) George Herapath.
(d) Evans.

5. What does Aubrey show Maturin later in the day after the attempted abduction?
(a) A pair of new Joe Manton pistols.
(b) A sword.
(c) A derringer.
(d) A note from Herapath saying he is working on Aubrey's request.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Maturin going to marry Villiers?

2. How does George Herapath feel about Wogan?

3. Of what is George Herapath proud?

4. Why does the group walk to the ship?

5. What does Maturin want from Herapath?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why would Maturin and Johnson have a discussion about birds and how does this discussion enhance the playful tone of the novel?

2. How does Michael Herapath earn a living and why is this odd?

3. How does Maturin figure out that he has been identified as the intelligence officer and what is the implication?

4. What is one thing that is perhaps likable about George Herapath?

5. About what does Maturin caution Villiers and why do you think he does so?

6. What happens to Maturin in Chapter 7 that makes it obvious that he needs to come up with a viable escape plan very soon?

7. What does Maturin do that seems contrary to his work as a doctor?

8. How does Villiers seem to Maturin and what actions has she taken that were unwise?

9. What romantic complications add to the complexity of the novel?

10. What does Maturin find in Johnson's papers and what is the implication?

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