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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. Which of the following does Dillon believe to be Jack's biggest weakness?
(a) Willingness to be political
(b) Desire for prizes
(c) Bribery attempts
(d) Willingness to punish those that do not listen

2. What does Jack decide to do to the merchantmen by the coast?
(a) Fire upon them
(b) Burn them
(c) Provoke them
(d) Take them

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What would come before Jack's promotion?

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

3. What does Stephen keep to help him deal with his feeling of being alone?

4. What is Dillon afraid will corrupt his men?

5. What covered the Midshipmen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Molly to Jack and of what importance is this to the novel?

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

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

4. Why does Jack go back to the Crown and what does he do while he is there?

5. What does Stephen tell Jack he must do in order to recover from the disease he got from Molly?

6. What proves to Jack and the crew the ship with the blue ensign is from England?

7. What changed about the way Molly was treated throughout the novel?

8. For Stephen, what takes precedence over the spiritual emptiness of a life in the Navy?

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

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

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