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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For how long does Putnam loan the forge?
(a) A week.
(b) Two days.
(c) One day.
(d) A few hours.

3. Why does the Waakzaamheid finally sink?
(a) Leopard puts a hole in her below water line.
(b) She runs into the rocks.
(c) She is thrown broadside to the waves.
(d) She catches on fire.

4. How does Waakzaamheid finally close in on Leopard?
(a) In heavy weather that slows Leopard down.
(b) By slipping grappling hooks on the stern.
(c) In the night.
(d) During a heavy fog.

5. How does the crew act towards Wogan?
(a) Pretended indifference.
(b) Hostile.
(c) With great interest.
(d) With judgment.

6. What does Aubrey have his crew practicing extensively?
(a) Turning the ship in a tight circle.
(b) Gunnery skills.
(c) Taking the sails up and down.
(d) Putting out fires.

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

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

9. How is Desolation Island marked on the charts?
(a) It is not on the charts at all.
(b) It is drawn in great detail.
(c) It is on the charts in the wrong place.
(d) Only vague reference to it.

10. Why do many of the crew drop out of work?
(a) Illness.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Lack of food.
(d) Lack of water.

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

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

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

14. What is sighted on the sea in Chapter 6?
(a) A ship wreck.
(b) A large pod of dolphins.
(c) Waakzaamheid.
(d) A British war ship.

15. What does Aubrey have rigged to help steer the ship?
(a) A large steering oar.
(b) A side fin.
(c) An addition to the kneel.
(d) A new rudder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the worst wound Aubrey has received?

2. What needs to be made in order to mount the rudder?

3. What changes in the ship's situation when the water pouring in slows down?

4. Who often goes with Maturin when he explores the area?

5. What is put under the kneel of the ship which finally staunches the flow of water?

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