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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is there any lingering worry tied to the escape at Port Mahon?
(a) Aubrey worries that Maragall is killed.
(b) Maturing fears that Sir Joseph hears of the escape.
(c) Maturin worries French prisoners mutiny.
(d) Aubrey worries the French officer escape capture.

2. When Aubrey first goes ashore on Minorca, who approaches him and wants to talk about Maturin?
(a) An island native.
(b) Maturin's brother.
(c) Governor of the island.
(d) Joan Maragall.

3. How many of the French soldiers guarding the prisoners at Port Mahon escape harm?
(a) One French officer gets away.
(b) Only the prison commander dies.
(c) Only two guards are wounded.
(d) All French are killed.

4. With what kind of communication does Aubrey augment the initial method of light flashes at Minorca?
(a) He gives native boy a written message.
(b) He leaves private marks on shore.
(c) He abandons communication.
(d) He leaves a series of rock piles on the beach.

5. What becomes of Bonden and Killick when Aubrey assumes his new command in chapter four?
(a) They serve aboard the H.M.S. Surprise.
(b) They fight at a tavern and are thrown in jail.
(c) Killick serves with Aubrey but Bonden disappears.
(d) They do not get to port in time to sail.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Aubrey first go ashore at Minorca?

2. What does Aubrey leave on the H.M.S. Surprise as a token of an earlier encounter?

3. What is the ruling of the First Lord about the seized Spanish ships?

4. Why does the First Lord's mention of Stephen Maturin shock and dismay Sir Joseph Blain?

5. What is the probable fate of many prisoners freed along with Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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