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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why must Stephen consistently provide Jack and Dillon with medication?
(a) Their excesses in food and drink
(b) Their lack of appropriate vitamins
(c) Their lack of appropriate hygiene
(d) Their serious medical conditions

2. What is ironic about most of the seamen aboard the Sophie?
(a) They do not know how to swim.
(b) They are afraid of Jack.
(c) They are uneducated.
(d) They do not like Dillon.

3. What kind of ship does the Sophie come across after the storm?
(a) Plague
(b) Pirate
(c) Hospital
(d) French

4. Why could Stephen be shot?
(a) For visiting a friend while captain of a ship
(b) For putting white chalk into the food of the crew members
(c) As a spy
(d) For taking prisoners

5. What does Stephen keep to help him deal with his feeling of being alone?
(a) Books
(b) Tokens
(c) Mementos
(d) Journal

Short Answer Questions

1. What has caused negative reactions in the quarters?

2. Which of the following is a ruse de guerre?

3. What nationality is the ship that the Sophie chases and eventually catches?

4. Where is Dillon asked to take the French sloop that was captured?

5. What does the word providential mean in the following sentence: The rendezvous seemed almost providential.

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