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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following helps Jack to be successful?
(a) Desire for prizes
(b) Bribery attempts
(c) Willingness to punish those that do not listen
(d) Willingness to be political

2. Which of the following characters has asked for a transfer?
(a) Stephen
(b) Ellis
(c) Dillon
(d) Ricketts

3. Which of the following characters has fled Mahon?
(a) Dillon
(b) Molly Harte
(c) Stephen
(d) Jack

4. What covered the Midshipmen?
(a) Prizes
(b) Dirt
(c) Ink
(d) Gun powder

5. What would come before Jack's promotion?
(a) Wedding ceremony
(b) Molly's death
(c) Court martial
(d) Death

6. What does Stephen believe the petulance between Dillon and Jack will lead to?
(a) A sword battle
(b) A war
(c) Destruction of the ship
(d) Destruction of the crew

7. What does Jack attend at the Governor's residence?
(a) Court marshal
(b) Dinner
(c) Meeting with the Captain
(d) Concert

8. What does the word providential mean in the following sentence: The rendezvous seemed almost providential.
(a) Unfortunate
(b) Deceitful
(c) Surprising
(d) Fortunate

9. Who were there bad feelings between during the voyage?
(a) Stephen and Dillon
(b) Jack and Stephen
(c) Jack and Ellis
(d) Jack and Dillon

10. How does Jack feel about Mr. and Mrs. Ellis?
(a) Finds hope in them
(b) Surprisingly entertaining
(c) Enjoys their company
(d) Detests them

11. What is a covert distress sign?
(a) Dumping cargo into the sea
(b) Hanging a red flag out the wardroom quarter galley hatch
(c) Waving a white flag
(d) Raising a flag with the union downward

12. What do the men blow up?
(a) Dillon's ship
(b) Santa Lucia
(c) Fort overlooking the bay
(d) Stephen

13. What happens to the fiddle's neck as he plays?
(a) Snaps in his hand
(b) Breaks his skin and cuts him
(c) Warps
(d) Releases poison into his body

14. What is Stephen concerned that Jack may have done with the prisoners?
(a) Treated them unfairly
(b) Provided them with a means to escape
(c) Prematurely landed them
(d) Provided inadequate care to them

15. Who starts to follow Jack's ship?
(a) Spanish squadron
(b) Italian squadron
(c) English squadron
(d) French squadron

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the usual punishment for sailors aboard the Sophie?

2. Which of the following is the best synonym for the word tome?

3. How many guns does the Caeser carry?

4. Who threatened to denounce Dillon?

5. Which of the following was Stephen unable to see on the voyage when the Sophie was near Greece and Egypt?

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