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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the scout report?
(a) There is a quarantine due to an outbreak of the plague.
(b) A safe landing is possible at low tide.
(c) A safe landing is not possible.
(d) The Surprise cannot get close, but a boat can get within 100 yards of shore.

2. What does Aubrey find below decks?
(a) Clarissa.
(b) A huge nest of rats.
(c) A dead crew member.
(d) A keg of contraband whiskey.

3. What does Aubrey inspect with Tom?
(a) The galley.
(b) The ropes.
(c) The rigging.
(d) The cable tiers.

4. What does Aubrey encounter in their first port of call?
(a) A rum runner's ring.
(b) A revolt by a penal colony.
(c) Political difficulties.
(d) A gun runner's ring.

5. What does Aubrey anticipate when he goes back to England?
(a) Learning if his father, who was critically ill, has died.
(b) The birth of his first son.
(c) Finding that his investments have soared.
(d) Posting on a much larger vessel than the one he is currently on.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps Aubrey get a good night's sleep?

2. Why had Padeen been at a penal colony?

3. What does Maturin continue to write about Clarissa?

4. What positions do Davidge and West hold on the Surprise?

5. What does Aubrey think about life at sea compared to that on land?

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