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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Maturin surprised to learn about the crew?
(a) They work harder than he thought they would.
(b) They are on the verge of mutiny.
(c) They are in high spirits.
(d) They want to let the prisoners go free.

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

3. What does Aubrey decide to use as stern chasers?
(a) A long canon eight pounder.
(b) Two brass long nine pounders.
(c) Three fourteen pounders.
(d) A fourteen and eleven pounder brass canons.

4. What type of wildlife is in abundance on Desolation Island?
(a) Small mammals.
(b) Goats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Lizards.

5. What does Maturin lead Herapath to believe?
(a) He is going to help Wogan with an abortion.
(b) A lot of intelligence was left by an officer who went with Grant.
(c) A lot of intelligence is stored in the ship safe.
(d) He is going to let Wogan go free.

6. What do they have to do to Leopard before they can repair her hull?
(a) Find a source for tar.
(b) Unload her stores.
(c) Get her up on dry land.
(d) Cut down some trees for wood.

7. What does Aubrey announce to the ship when he takes the deck briefly?
(a) They are going to Cape Town.
(b) They will not stop at Cape Town.
(c) They are going around the southern tip of South America.
(d) They are heading back to England.

8. How does Leopard compare to Waakzaamheid?
(a) They have comparable gunnery systems.
(b) Waakzaamheid is larger but clumsy.
(c) It is completely outclassed.
(d) Leopard is faster.

9. What does the crew get from Peggy?
(a) Venereal disease.
(b) Subtle put downs.
(c) Entertainment from her singing.
(d) Reading instruction.

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

11. What does Waakzaamheid try to destroy on Leopard?
(a) The sails.
(b) The rudder.
(c) The guns.
(d) The main mast.

12. What happens when Leopard hits a submerged iceberg?
(a) It wrenches the boat.
(b) It comes up out of the water.
(c) It splits in half.
(d) It gets stuck on the ice.

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

14. What does Maturin tell Putnam when he works on him?
(a) To quit drinking rum.
(b) They need the use of a forge.
(c) To eat more vegetables.
(d) To exercise more.

15. Why does Putnam need Maturin's help?
(a) He has a bad tooth.
(b) He has allergies.
(c) He has a broken arm.
(d) He has gaol fever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship shows up at the island?

2. What happened to the ship's forge?

3. What does Leopard miss within eyesight?

4. What does Aubrey notice about the Dutch captain when the ship closes in?

5. What does Aubrey think is the reason the Dutch captain keeps pursuing them?

(see the answer keys)

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