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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of chapter six, where does the ship arrive at harbor?
(a) Barbados.
(b) Santiago, Chile.
(c) Bombay.
(d) Singapore.

2. Whom does Maturin teach to read and write in chapter six?
(a) Mr. Pullings.
(b) Mr. White.
(c) Most of the crew.
(d) Bonden.

3. What does Aubrey show Maturin when they climb into the foretop?
(a) The French fleet.
(b) Iinitials Aubrey carves years before.
(c) Ships repairs.
(d) Where sailors hide trinkets.

4. What animal does Maturin catch on the coast of Brazil?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Albatross.
(d) A new species of crab.

5. How prosperous is the China fleet?
(a) They are carrying about three million pounds sterling.
(b) The goods are valued at six million pounds sterling.
(c) They have goods and cash worth about six hundred pounds sterling.
(d) They have cargo totaling one million pounds sterling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What personal tragedy recently happens to the captain of the Seringapatam?

2. What does Canning do to Maturin?

3. Who acts as Maturin's second?

4. What gift does Maturin make to Dil?

5. To whom does Aubry write shortly after leaving Bombay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ruse is used to fool the French armada about the strength of the China fleet?

2. How are Aubrey and Maturin's lives complicated by women in chapter seven?

3. Why does Maturin's desired outcome for Canning not come to pass?

4. Is there any point in the long voyage when the people on board are in grave danger?

5. What are Aubrey's thoughts on the physical distance between him and Linois with the French Armada?

6. Why are Mr. Ahmed Smyth and Atkins at odds with one another?

7. How are the officers of the H.M.S. Surprise treated by the China fleet?

8. Why is Maturin's recovery of health surprising in chapter six?

9. How do Aubrey and Stourton differ in their approaches to leadership on the ship?

10. By the time the H.M.S. Surprise reaches Bombay, what is the condition of the ship and the crew and passengers?

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