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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why can't Herapath receive an appointment to his position?
(a) He is too well educated.
(b) He is French.
(c) He has never been sworn into the navy.
(d) He is an American.

2. How many people recover from the illness but are too weak to work?
(a) A hundred.
(b) About sixty-five.
(c) Half the ship.
(d) Twenty-six.

3. What happens when Aubrey pulls the ship away from the ice?
(a) The hull is breached and it takes on water.
(b) He can't get away from the ice.
(c) The ship slides off and is blown north.
(d) Nothing.

4. Who begins to assist Maturin in sick bay?
(a) Wogan.
(b) Grant.
(c) Herapath.
(d) Martin.

5. What does Maturin organize after the storm?
(a) His sickbay.
(b) His notes on Wogan.
(c) His notes on ship rats.
(d) His personal stores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Wogan kill in her lodgings?

2. What does Aubrey try to do when Babbington calls him to the deck?

3. In what part of the ship were the prisoners held?

4. About what does Babbington warn Grant?

5. What does Maturin notice about the rats on board the ship?

(see the answer key)

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