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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the usual punishment for sailors aboard the Sophie?
(a) Walking overboard
(b) Quarantined
(c) Flogging
(d) Confined to quarters

2. What dragged Stephen down five fathoms when he was in the water?
(a) Lead-soled boots
(b) Chains around his ankles
(c) Heavy clothing of the time
(d) A shark

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

4. What has Jack picked up from Molly?
(a) Note
(b) Orders
(c) Trinket
(d) Serious illness

5. How long did it take for the first hit to occur?
(a) 30 sec
(b) 25 min 15 sec
(c) 1 hr 5 min
(d) 2 min 5 sec

6. What does Stephen tell Jack is being sent?
(a) Treasure for the Sophie
(b) Warship to attack the Sophie
(c) Orders from Spain
(d) Prison ship

7. Who warns Stephen that Captain Harte might be out to get Stephen?
(a) Florey
(b) Linois
(c) King
(d) Molly

8. Which of the following is the best synonym for the word tome?
(a) Encyclopedia
(b) Tomb
(c) Book
(d) Letter

9. For what are sailors typically punished on the Sophie?
(a) Inability to swim
(b) Disobeying orders
(c) Refusing to write home
(d) Drinking

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

11. Which of the following is the best synonym for the word illicit in the following sentence: The ship had an illicit cargo of quicksilver.
(a) Dishonest
(b) Legal
(c) Illegitimate
(d) Prohibited

12. Who does Jack miss?
(a) Henry
(b) Stephen
(c) Molly
(d) Holly

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would come before Jack's promotion?

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

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

4. What will Ramis and Stephen be curiously examining?

5. What does the French doctor typically eat for breakfast?

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