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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sabotaged Jack's chances for acquiring the French privateer?
(a) Secretary
(b) Doctor
(c) Commandant
(d) Govenor

2. What does Jack indicate is the problem for sailors at sea?
(a) Cuts
(b) Hernias
(c) Sea sickness
(d) Scurvy

3. Who shows Stephen around the ship?
(a) Jack
(b) Maturin
(c) Dillon
(d) Mowett

4. Which of the following is a square hole beside the mast?
(a) Hammock's
(b) Ratline's
(c) Lubber's
(d) Muster's

5. What does the waiter bring to Jack after he tries to convince Stephen to come with him on the voyage?
(a) Another promotion for Jack
(b) Applications for sailors
(c) Dessert
(d) Packet of orders from Captain Harte

6. Which of the following was not a reaction to the punishment of the new man, John Surel?
(a) Laughing
(b) Crying
(c) Incontinence
(d) Weeping

7. Which of the following characters has a hare lip?
(a) Cheslin
(b) Surel
(c) Florey
(d) Brown

8. From which country were the people who attacked the Dart?
(a) Spain
(b) France
(c) Ireland
(d) Britian

9. What did Jack mention to Dillon that was necessary to assign to the men?
(a) Watches
(b) Rank
(c) Jobs aboard the ship
(d) Duties aboard the ship

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

11. Which of the following terms does not describe Jack's encounter with Mrs. Harte?
(a) First name basis
(b) Antagonistic
(c) Pleasant
(d) Unusually intimate

12. Which word best describes how Stephen felt about the giant waves from the southeasterly storm?
(a) Surprised
(b) Terrified
(c) Overwhelmed
(d) Excited

13. Maturin tells Jack that he can be found where most any morning?
(a) Crown
(b) Govenor's mansion
(c) Coffeehouse
(d) Hospital

14. Which of the following is not true about Queenie?
(a) Babysat Jack when he was young
(b) Married to the Admiral
(c) Helped him when he was scared from bad dreams
(d) Married to the Commander-in-Chief of the Cat

15. What causes Jack to jump on a chair?
(a) Snake
(b) A joke from Stephen
(c) Attacker
(d) Fish

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what is the crew practicing?

2. Why didn't Jack recognize all of the dishes on the table from what they ordered?

3. Which of the following characters has a cousin joining the ship?

4. Which character does Jack stop to visit at the hospital before arriving at his new command?

5. What does Jack imagine using to beat down Maturin?

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