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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the elm-tree pump used for?
(a) Washing the deck
(b) Lavatories and wash water
(c) Shooting water at the enemy
(d) Providing fresh water

2. What causes tears to come to Jack's eyes when he is settled in the cross tree?
(a) Perfect sky
(b) Line of enemy ships in the sea
(c) Destruction of the Charlotte
(d) Sinking of the Sophie

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

4. Which of the following characters' death is included in the Sophie's log?
(a) Mahon
(b) Queenie
(c) Aubrey
(d) Gouges

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Jack to jump on a chair?

2. What is a few guineas?

3. When is Stephen told he will meet Mr. Dillon?

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

5. Which is Stephen's native country?

Short Essay Questions

1. What blunder did Jack tell Stephen he made with regards to Dillon?

2. What does Stephen give up so that he can pay for his ride to the Sophie?

3. Where is Jack staying and why does he share this information with his neighbor?

4. What changes Jack's behavior at the party thrown by the Hartes and how does it change?

5. What two factors cause the French ship, The Citoyen Durand, to surrender?

6. Describe the sky which Jack viewed as he looked to the West and its importance to the story.

7. Describe Jack's personal view of the flogging he does to his crew.

8. What transportation does Jack utilize to approach his new ship?

9. What specific actions does the author describe which allow the reader to deduce that Jack Aubrey is enjoying the concert?

10. Why does Jack think that the Sophie was released from convoy duties by the Admiral?

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