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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the men's supplies?
(a) They are ruined.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They are all stolen.
(d) They are reduced by half.

2. What happens when Aubrey's ship traps the galley.
(a) It eludes Aubrey a second time.
(b) The galley sets itself on fire.
(c) Aubrey rams the galley and boards it.
(d) The galley sinks.

3. For what are the men thankful?
(a) Orders sending them on furlough.
(b) The end of the desert.
(c) Food and friends.
(d) Nothing.

4. With what event does the arrival coincide?
(a) None.
(b) Yom Kippur.
(c) Ramadan.
(d) Easter.

5. What other talent besides tutoring does Mrs. Fielding possess?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Calligraphy.
(c) Painting.
(d) She is a musician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sort of relationship does Ponto's rescuer engender with Mrs. Fielding?

2. Who is Dr. Graham?

3. Why does Aubrey order the men to row to an island and back?

4. From what do many of the men who arrive at the ship yard suffer?

5. What causes the crew discomfort?

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