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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maturin notice about the rats on board the ship?
(a) They are acting peculiar.
(b) They are very skinny.
(c) There are more than usual.
(d) They are very fat.

2. Why has Michael Herapath stowed away on the ship?
(a) To get to Australia.
(b) To join the navy.
(c) To follow Maturin.
(d) To follow Wogan.

3. Who is Diana Villiers?
(a) Sophie's best friend.
(b) Sophie's sister.
(c) Sophie's cousin.
(d) Sophie's sister-in-law.

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

5. How many sailors are allowed liberty at the next stop?
(a) None.
(b) Anyone who was not recovering from illness.
(c) One third of the crew at a time.
(d) Half the crew at a time.

6. What does Maturin manipulate Herapath into doing?
(a) Walking Wogan on the deck.
(b) Taking over most of his work.
(c) Admitting he is an American.
(d) Talking Wogan into giving away her secrets.

7. To where has Villiers fled?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) America.
(d) France.

8. What happens when Herapath goes aloft?
(a) He falls in the water.
(b) He gets afraid and won't come down.
(c) He accidentally knocks someone off the ropes.
(d) He falls onto the deck.

9. Who is Michael Herapath?
(a) Villiers' brother.
(b) Louisa Wogan's admirer.
(c) Maturin's silent partner.
(d) Louisa Wogan's father.

10. What was Aubrey trying to avoid by going north and northwest?
(a) Bay of Bengali.
(b) The south side of France.
(c) The lee side of Spain.
(d) Eastern Africa.

11. What does Maturin feel as he travels to call on Villiers?
(a) Hopeful she will marry him.
(b) Excited.
(c) A little anxious.
(d) Self-critical observations and dread.

12. How does Wogan appear after the storm?
(a) In good spirits.
(b) Subdued but all right.
(c) Suicidal.
(d) Down heartened.

13. What is Aubrey doing as the novel opens?
(a) Getting married.
(b) Coming up before the review board.
(c) Living a life of dissipation.
(d) Hiring crew.

14. Why is Aubrey angry?
(a) He has to wait another month to leave.
(b) An admiral is coming with him.
(c) He's being asked to transport prisoners.
(d) His pay has been cut.

15. Of what crime is Villiers accused?
(a) Being a prostitute.
(b) Being a thief.
(c) Being a spy.
(d) Being in debt more than six months old.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Herapath, Maturin and Wogan do when they see each other?

2. Who is the officer Aubrey is having trouble with?

3. What interrupts the daily routine on the ship Saturday?

4. Into what does the Leopard crash?

5. How does Martin, Maturin's assistant, fare with the illness?

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