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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter five, Maturin and Nicolls set off in a rowboat to what location?
(a) They row to the shore of Brazil.
(b) They row to another English vessel.
(c) They go to St. Paul's Rocks.
(d) They take an extended trip to a deserted monastery.

2. When does Aubrey first go ashore at Minorca?
(a) Under cover of the night.
(b) At first morning light.
(c) Late afternoon.
(d) Waits until noon.

3. Where does H.M.S. Lively help run a frigate-picket blockade in chapter two?
(a) Near the coast of India.
(b) French port of Le Havre.
(c) French colonies in the New World.
(d) Off the coast of Toulon.

4. When supplies run low on H.M.S. Lively, what do some of the crew resort to eating?
(a) Some resort to cannibalism.
(b) They eat rats from the hold.
(c) They chew on leather strapping.
(d) They eat beetles and other insects.

5. How long does the rescue of Maturin take?
(a) They get away after a week.
(b) The entire rescue is accomplished in one night.
(c) It takes three days for them to safely get away.
(d) The rescue becomes a two day ordeal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin have Aubrey's men take from the Port Mahon prison?

2. Nicolls confesses what to Maturin on their journey?

3. On the way to the reunion with H.M.S. Lively's regular captain, Aubrey is supposed to rendezvous with whom?

4. Whom do Aubrey and his men plan to free at Port Mahon?

5. What does Aubrey hope to make the Port Mahon rescue appear to be?

(see the answer key)

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