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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Pellworm predict as he is put ashore?
(a) The weather to break.
(b) A sneak attack by the French.
(c) The weather to worsen.
(d) More disasters.

2. What does Aubrey feel a few hours later?
(a) That they are missing something in their planning.
(b) A premonition of disaster.
(c) Ill as if he were poisoned.
(d) He has a massive headache.

3. What happens as Aubrey is trying to get the Ariel away from The Thatcher?
(a) He is successful but they are way off course.
(b) The linesman hurls the sounding line and knocks out Aubrey.
(c) The ship hits a reef which punctures her hull.
(d) The rudder pinon breaks off.

4. Why would Grisholm give the Minnie docking privileges?
(a) Because the Minnie is known to be friendly to the French.
(b) Because the owner of the Minnie is in Grisholm at the moment.
(c) Because the Minnie is bringing the new relief commander to Grisholm.
(d) Because the Minnie is bringing supplies to Grisholm

5. How does Maturin feel about the reunion?
(a) Trepidation.
(b) Hesitation.
(c) Reserved.
(d) Great joy.

6. Why does Aubrey get struck with a piece of hard meat?
(a) Aurbrey walks in the kitchen to get tea when the cook is tossing the meat across the room to a bin.
(b) Jagiello gets frustrated trying to cut his meat with his remaining hand and slams his fork down and sends the meat flying into Aubrey.
(c) Hyde is clumsy at cutting food.
(d) A sailor gets angry and throws it at another sailor but misses and it hits Aubrey.

7. Why is celestial navigation out of the question?
(a) The charts for extrapolation were lost overboard in the last fight.
(b) Their navigator died while at Grimsholm.
(c) They do not have a sextant.
(d) Overcast skies.

8. Who leads the forces at Grimsholm?
(a) Ramon d'Ullastreti Casademon.
(b) Ramon Casanova.
(c) The Duke of Casaromana.
(d) Casanova de la Illia.

9. Where do the transports loaded with Catalan troops go?
(a) To England to wait out the war.
(b) Back to Samaurez' fleet.
(c) To France.
(d) To the coastal waters off Brazil.

10. Where do the Catalan forces go?
(a) They flee inland.
(b) Home.
(c) They stay there and help the English get established.
(d) They are captured and put in the dungeon at the fortress.

11. What type of vessel does Aubrey wish to capture?
(a) A merchant vessel of French registry.
(b) A slaver ship.
(c) Any that he can find since he can redo the markings.
(d) A local traonsport of small vessel that Grimsholm knows.

12. What does Maturin think would happen to an unfamiliar warship approaching Grimsholm?
(a) It would put the Grimsholm soldiers on high alert.
(b) It would arouse suspicians.
(c) He is not sure what would happen.
(d) It would be fired upon.

13. What does Maturin try to teach Jagiello?
(a) How to overcome his bad looks.
(b) How to use a prothesis that Maturin makes for him.
(c) About life at sea.
(d) Nothing; Jagiello is just a character in a book.

14. Who is Jagiello?
(a) A young officer of the Swedish service.
(b) A pirate for whom Ariel has hired for advising.
(c) A character in a Shakespeare play that Maturin is reading.
(d) One of the sailmen.

15. What does Aubrey have to do when the people in the small boat do not heed his warning?
(a) Send another boat after them to capture them.
(b) Fire upon them and kill them.
(c) Let them go.
(d) Fire a warning shot across their bow which halts them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Hyde?

2. How accurate is Maturin's watch?

3. What does Maturin suggest?

4. What do Maturin and Jagiello do one foggy morning?

5. What happens when the Minnie is chased as planned?

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