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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Billy's one weakness?
(a) He stutters.
(b) He loves women.
(c) He drinks.
(d) He gets seasick during rough weather.

2. What decoration marks the Victory's quarterdeck?
(a) An albatross.
(b) A star.
(c) A crescent moon.
(d) A medallion.

3. Who is Red Whiskers?
(a) The Captain of the Rights-of-Man
(b) The ship's cat.
(c) Billy's big, shaggy red-haired friend.
(d) The Captain of the HMS Bellipotent.

4. What is Captain Vere cited for in West Indian waters?
(a) Valor.
(b) Piracy.
(c) Gallantry.
(d) Cruelty.

5. Who is Billy's father?
(a) He is a foundling, and doesn't know his father.
(b) Captain Graveling.
(c) George Budd, a merchant sailor.
(d) Captain Bligh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event occurring on land mirrors a naval mutiny?

2. Which battle does the Victory's quarterdeck decoration commemorate?

3. Why does Billy join the British navy?

4. How does Admiral Nelson keep his sailors under control?

5. What other name is a reference to Captain Vere?

(see the answer key)

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