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

2. What is a tartan?
(a) Great gunship
(b) Fleet ship
(c) Plague ship
(d) Small merchant ship

3. Which ship ran away?
(a) Parlac
(b) Santa Lucia
(c) Xalac
(d) Gloire

4. What type of mission does Captain Harte tell Jack they will be going on next?
(a) Prize
(b) Recovery
(c) Cruise
(d) Convoy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Jack picked up from Molly?

2. What does Jack feel Dillon is challenging?

3. What interrupts the breakfast of the two captains?

4. What is Dillon afraid will corrupt his men?

5. How long did it take for the first hit to occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the decision at the court-martial in regards to Jack and his crew?

2. Why does Admiral Keith tell Jack that he will probably never rise to pos-captain?

3. What happens during the battle between the Sophie and the Cacafuego?

4. What does Mr. Ellis talk disparagingly about and of what importance is this within the novel?

5. What does Jack realize he must give up after he talks with Admiral Saumarex?

6. Why is Captain Neal stern with Jack when Jack shows up to discuss his orders with dirt and powder all over his clothes and face?

7. What does Stephen believe is the cause of Tom Simmons' death?

8. Despite his lack of knowledge about surgery, at what does Stephen excel?

9. What does Jack say to help relieve Stephen's concerns about the court-martial?

10. What does Stephen warn Jack about in regards to his relationship with Molly?

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