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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. Where is the convoy of which the Ariel is part traveling at the beginning of Chapter 9?
(a) The Canaberra Sea.
(b) The Ionic Sea.
(c) The Straits of Gibralter.
(d) The Baltic straits.

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

3. What is the approximate crew capacity of the Ariel?
(a) About 25-40.
(b) About 50-75.
(c) About 270-300.
(d) About 112-120 men.

4. What can prevent a ship from determining its longitude?
(a) A broken chronometer.
(b) A broken sextant.
(c) Cloudy skies.
(d) A broken gyrocompass.

5. How is Hyde as a sailor and officer?
(a) Lacks self confidence.
(b) Overbearing.
(c) Reliable and uninmaginative.
(d) Takes foolish chances.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take to get the Minnie ready to sail?

2. How is the crew of the Ariel?

3. How accurate is Maturin's watch?

4. With whose fleet does the Ariel rendezvous?

5. What does Maturin hint to Aubrey at Aubrey's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Ariel slow the Médusae down enough for the HMS Jason to catch the Médusae?

2. Who is Pellworm; what does he predict and what is the first thing that happens that seem to prove his prediction to be true?

3. How does the Minnie complete her mission?

4. Describe the actions that lead to the wreck of the Ariel.

5. What happens after the Ariel sails through the narrow Baltic entrance?

6. Briefly describe Ariel's Senior Lieutenant, Hyde.

7. How does Lieutenant Grant slander Aubrey's name even further?

8. What does Ariel do after leaving Grisholm?

9. Describe the chase scene when the Ariel goes after the Minnie.

10. Who does the Ariel encounter and what does Aubrey decide to do?

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