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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do most of the crew members think about their future?
(a) They will starve to death.
(b) They will survive.
(c) They will make it to Botany Bay.
(d) They will die from scurvy.

2. What does Aubrey do to strengthen the standing rigging?
(a) Uses chains instead of ropes.
(b) Has hawsers run to the masts.
(c) Coats the ropes with wax.
(d) Coats the sails with wax.

3. What ship shows up at the island?
(a) An American whaler.
(b) An English battle ship.
(c) An India merchant ship.
(d) A Dutch war ship.

4. What does the part of the crew that takes the boats and leave the ship take with them?
(a) All of the ship's small arms.
(b) Most of the ship's spare rope.
(c) All of the ship's food.
(d) Part of the ship's rum rations.

5. What does Maturin think about Aubrey's wounds?
(a) He will always limp.
(b) He will recover fine.
(c) He needs surgery.
(d) He may be brain damaged.

6. What does Herapath tell Maturin about opium?
(a) He has smoked it often in his life.
(b) He has never tried it.
(c) He wants to see what it's like.
(d) It is too addictive to use.

7. What type of plant on Desolation Island does Maturin think will be good for the crew?
(a) Limes.
(b) A type of yellowish and pungent cabbage.
(c) A type of red radish.
(d) Pomegranate trees.

8. For what does Aubrey prepare the crew?
(a) Sailing without a rudder.
(b) Getting to Botany Bay before winter.
(c) Wintering on Desolation Island.
(d) Returning to the ice island to get the forge.

9. What surprises Aubrey when morning arrives?
(a) The Dutch ship is still pursuing.
(b) The Dutch ship is gone.
(c) The Leopard is surrounded by land.
(d) A storm has come up.

10. What does Aubrey develop in case they find Waakzaamheid?
(a) A different configuation for the guns.
(b) A new watch bill.
(c) A type of harpon that could sink Waakzaamheid.
(d) A new kind of explosive.

11. What does Aubrey explain to Maturin at dinner?
(a) How he plans to escape Waakzaamheid.
(b) How he plans to get the prisoners to Botany Bay.
(c) How their position is too far east.
(d) How he plans to get back to England.

12. What does Aubrey lament the loss of during the chase from the Dutch ship?
(a) The loss of two cannons.
(b) That Grant was killed.
(c) That Pullings isn't there.
(d) The loss of Larkin.

13. What does Aubrey have the crew doing at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Going after those who left.
(b) Spending the night on the ice island.
(c) Continuing pumping and repairing the ship.
(d) Pack up everything and abandon ship.

14. How does Herapath feel when doing what Wogan wants?
(a) Like he has outsmarted Maturin.
(b) Like he's a real spy.
(c) Like he's going to be a father.
(d) Like he's betraying Maturin.

15. What amazes Aubrey about the Dutch captain?
(a) His ability to shoot canons on a high sea.
(b) His ability to predict Leopard's movements.
(c) His ability to close in on Leopard.
(d) His desire to destroy a ship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin tell Putnam when he works on him?

2. What is Maturin surprised to learn about the crew?

3. How does the crew act towards Wogan?

4. Why is Aubrey bleeding after the battle?

5. What does Larkin do during lunch one day?

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