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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Knot?
(a) A half-man who works in the machine room.
(b) A boatswain's crewmember.
(c) A sailmaker.
(d) A navigator.

2. How much had the crew been betting?
(a) 50 Blue British.
(b) 50 red Chinese.
(c) 10 red Chinese.
(d) 10 Green Canadian.

3. Who comes running into the shack when Blue Eyes is about to blind one of Nailer's eyes?
(a) No one.
(b) Sadna and her crew.
(c) Nita.
(d) Richard.

4. What does Tool decide to do?
(a) Find Richard and kill him.
(b) Stay behind.
(c) Find another master.
(d) Find Richard and join his crew.

5. Who is Reynolds?
(a) The cook.
(b) The captain's first mate.
(c) The boatswain's mate.
(d) The crewmember to whom Nailer speaks about a job.

6. How does Richard wound Nailer?
(a) Throwing a spanner wrench at Nailer.
(b) A slash of Richard's machete across Nailer's stomach.
(c) Pushing him against a rotating fan.
(d) Shooting him with a laser pistol.

7. What does Nailer notice that frightens him?
(a) Lucky Girl is frightened.
(b) Blue Eyes is sharpening her machete.
(c) Pima is frightened.
(d) His father is not around.

8. What does Richard seem to believe?
(a) Richard and Nailer can work together on the scavenge.
(b) Nailer is loyal to him.
(c) Nailer still loves him.
(d) Lucky Girl is worth keeping alive.

9. What does the crew of the Dauntless do when the Pole Star gets snagged on some rocks?
(a) Takes the small boats over and boards it.
(b) Starts shooting with their laser cannons.
(c) Demands the release of Nita and then they will be rescued.
(d) Waits to see if the captain surrenders.

10. Who is in the attic when Nailer gets up there?
(a) No one.
(b) Tool.
(c) Richard.
(d) Nita.

11. What makes the interior of the ship so eerie as Nailer is running through it?
(a) The red emergency LED lights.
(b) The sounds of men and women running but Nailer not seeing anyone.
(c) The cries of those who are trapped below the water line.
(d) The silence.

12. What happens when Candless leaps on board and orders the crew to surrender?
(a) He is sprayed with gunshot.
(b) The Pole Star crew surrenders.
(c) Nita runs forward.
(d) He is met with silence.

13. What is in Uppadaya?
(a) Where Richard is going to send word to Nita's people.
(b) An illegal drug market.
(c) An illegal slave market.
(d) A scavenge house.

14. Which ship has Nita seen?
(a) The Iron Mountain.
(b) The Constitution.
(c) The Monitor.
(d) The Dauntless.

15. Who fights Blue Eyes?
(a) Tools.
(b) Moby.
(c) Sadna.
(d) Nailer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Nailer tell Nita to go?

2. Who is searching for Nita?

3. What does Nailer decide to do?

4. What does Tool refuse to do?

5. Why is it going to be very difficult for Nailer to work in the machine room?

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