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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what did Jack threaten Jack if he disobeyed his order against helping the survivors on the plague ship?
(a) Quarantining
(b) Abandonment
(c) Hanging
(d) Arrest

2. What is a few guineas?
(a) Guns
(b) Birds
(c) Sailors
(d) Money

3. Why do the many officers gather around Jack at the Harte's party?
(a) Undermining his authority
(b) Examining his sword
(c) Listening to him play a song
(d) Noting his prizes

4. What is Jack's paramount interest?
(a) Increasing his rank
(b) Prize money
(c) Dueling
(d) Reaquainting himself with Queenie

5. Which of the following does Dillon not admit to Stephen in relation to Captain Aubrey?
(a) He does not admire the captain at all.
(b) He is surprised that the captain has a patriotic motive for the war.
(c) He is unhappy to be passed over for promotion.
(d) He is unhappy to be working for a prize-happy captain.

6. Which term describes Stephen in relation to pursuing revolution in the Irish cause?
(a) Perpetuator of the Irish uprising
(b) Close perpetuator
(c) Nationalist
(d) Pacifist

7. Who visits the Captain saying that the warrant officers would like Stephen to share in their portion of the prize?
(a) Moors
(b) Carpenter
(c) Dillon
(d) Douglas

8. How many gun sloops did the Sophie have?
(a) 14
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 20

9. Of what were the men who were punished aboard the Sophie accused?
(a) Abandoment of duties
(b) Betrayal
(c) Mutiny
(d) Drunkenness

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

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

12. What game do Dillon and Stephen share?
(a) Poker
(b) Backgammon
(c) Checkers
(d) Chess

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

14. Everything for the crew goes well until they begin to do what?
(a) Corking the deck
(b) Flogging
(c) Climbing the ratlines
(d) Work with the guns

15. At the beginning of Chapter 4, what is the crew practicing?
(a) Flogging
(b) Beat to quarters
(c) Raising the sails
(d) Firing the guns

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Charlotte?

2. What is wrong with the new twelve-pound guns?

3. What is the elm-tree pump used for?

4. What causes tears to come to Jack's eyes when he is settled in the cross tree?

5. How many commands did Captain Jack have before this story was written?

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