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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Maturin see medically in the crew?
(a) Signs of bubonic plague.
(b) Early signs of scurvy.
(c) Signs that gaol fever is returning.
(d) The crew is healthy from all the hard work.

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

4. What does Wogan want Herapath to do?
(a) Copy any intelligence on the ship.
(b) Steal the intelligence in the safe.
(c) Marry her.
(d) Get her off the ship before Botany Bay.

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

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

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

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

9. What does the crew believe is causing the Dutch ship's ability to stay with Leopard?
(a) Psychic ability.
(b) Magical communication.
(c) A top sail look out who has incredible eyesight.
(d) A Dutch spy sending mirror signals.

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

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

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

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

14. What is the worst wound Aubrey has received?
(a) A deep slash on his arm.
(b) His leg is broken.
(c) A head wound.
(d) His hip is broken.

15. Why are the wind and waves so heavy where Leopard is located?
(a) They are near the west coast of South America.
(b) They are so far north.
(c) They are almost in the Pacific.
(d) They are so far south.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of surprise attack does the Dutch captain set up one night?

2. What does Waakzaamheid try to destroy on Leopard?

3. How does Herapath feel when doing what Wogan wants?

4. For what does Aubrey prepare the crew?

5. What type of plant on Desolation Island does Maturin think will be good for the crew?

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