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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?
(a) All of these.
(b) What the mission will be.
(c) Other officers.
(d) The personalities of the crew.

2. What does Aubrey say the Navy does not stock their ships well with?
(a) Spare wood.
(b) Practice powder.
(c) Ammunition.
(d) Water.

3. Where is Aubrey commanded to go after he gets a new ship?
(a) A Persian harbor.
(b) The Indies.
(c) The Ionian Region.
(d) London.

4. Who gets mad about the treatment of the birds that land on the ship?
(a) Martin.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Thornton.
(d) Graham.

5. What is Babbington's title in the Navy?
(a) Corporal.
(b) Admiral.
(c) General.
(d) Captain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thornton tell captains in the blockade to do once the French have broken through?

2. What does Aubrey wrap the sinking hull with?

3. What composer do Aubrey and Maturin discuss?

4. What is the name of Dundas's ship?

5. What region is Thornton most worried about with the blockade?

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