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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Aubrey bleeding after the battle?
(a) Grant slashed him with a knife.
(b) His arm was caught in the rigging.
(c) He was hit with splinters.
(d) He was hit with shrapnel.

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

3. What happens to the rudder when they pull away from the iceberg?
(a) It pushes up into the hull.
(b) It dismounts.
(c) Nothing.
(d) It breaks off.

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

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

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

7. What does Grant want to do as the ship continues to settle?
(a) He has no opinion.
(b) Abandon ship.
(c) Pull it onto the island.
(d) Repair it with ice.

8. What does Maturin resume on board the ship?
(a) Writing in his journal.
(b) Having dinner with Grant.
(c) Walking with Wogan.
(d) Manipulating Herapath.

9. What does Boswell predict?
(a) A fight between Herapath and Maturin.
(b) A confrontation with Waakzaamheid.
(c) An unlucky voyage for Leopard.
(d) The ship will wreck on the South American coast.

10. What does Maturin name a small island he visits?
(a) Abundance.
(b) Plentiful.
(c) Paradise.
(d) Goodland.

11. What does Aubrey do with the forge?
(a) Makes some lag bolts.
(b) Makes a patch for the hull.
(c) Makes a new sword.
(d) Makes new mountings for the rudder.

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

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

14. In what direction is Leopard driven as she seeks to avoid combat?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) South.

15. What do Maturin and Herapath do once late into the night?
(a) Drink rum.
(b) Work in sick bay.
(c) Smoke opium.
(d) Talk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey think he should do about Waakzaamheid?

2. What are three food resources that Desolation Island has in abundance?

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

4. What does Maturin tell Herapath about the La Fayette?

5. What type of shot would Aubrey use against smaller boats?

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