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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who takes over the prisoners and is given the possession of the prize tartan ship?
(a) Stephen
(b) Dillon
(c) Marshall
(d) Jack

2. What interrupts the breakfast of the two captains?
(a) Servant
(b) Distress call
(c) Gunshot
(d) Illness

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

4. What has caused negative reactions in the quarters?
(a) Dillon's choice to allow the two men to escape
(b) Jack having a woman aboard
(c) Jack's liking of Dillon
(d) Leaving behind Stephen

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

6. Which of the following is a ruse de guerre?
(a) Navy list
(b) Disguise of war
(c) Church service
(d) Rules for punishment such as flogging

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

8. Who put white chalk into the food?
(a) Dillon
(b) The new midshipman
(c) Jack
(d) Stephen's helper

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

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

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

12. Which of the following characters does Jack not invite to dinner?
(a) Ellis
(b) New Midshipman
(c) Mowett
(d) Dillon

13. Which ship races for and arrives at shore?
(a) Sophie
(b) DeSaix
(c) Hannibal
(d) HMS Pompee

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

15. When Stephen returned to Ireland after an eight-year absence what did he say he had forgotten?
(a) The customs
(b) Where he lived
(c) How to read
(d) The language

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a tartan?

2. What must Jack do in order to recover from his serious illness?

3. Which of the following was the name of the character which was one of Stephen's patients who died in Chapter 10?

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

5. What does Jack insist upon doing while the Dedaigneuse approaches?

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