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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Jack think the ship is having trouble keeping up with the fleet?
(a) They do not have a full complement of crew.
(b) The new rudder is unwieldy.
(c) The poor design of her topsails.
(d) The Captain's inexperience.

2. Who is Mr. Houmouzios?
(a) A local shamen.
(b) A man with whom Stephen exchanges intelligence.
(c) A French spy.
(d) A slaver trader.

3. When had Diana fled to where she now is?
(a) Before Stephen's return to England.
(b) Just after Stephen left with the fleet.
(c) Just after Brigid's birth.
(d) She did not flee, but left because of family problems.

4. Why is Aubrey upset about Sophie's actions when he was gone?
(a) He thinks she is trying to take his place as head of the household.
(b) He thinks she is taking the advice of a man he distrusts.
(c) He thinks she is too emotional when she makes a decision.
(d) He thinks she relies on her brother too much.

5. What is the purpose of the fleet being in Whydah?
(a) To rescue a British diplomat.
(b) To ferret out slavers.
(c) To drop off some liberated slaves.
(d) To obtain information on French movements.

6. Why does Stephen not go ashore in Freetown with Square?
(a) Square cannot take him into the interior yet.
(b) Aubrey tells Stephen they are leaving Freetown.
(c) The mosquitoes are too bad.
(d) There is too much illness ashore.

7. What has Aubrey worried?
(a) The wind has turned.
(b) The Ringle's main mast is broken.
(c) Captain Thomas has hung someone unjustly.
(d) Two of the fleet's ships are seriously damaged.

8. What does Stephen say to the villagers?
(a) That they are better off with the English.
(b) That the British will conquer them no matter what.
(c) Maturin stays out of the situation.
(d) He talks about the evils of Bonaparte.

9. What does the Ringle find when it arrives at The Berlings?
(a) Sir Blaine has been calling on Aubrey to find Maturin.
(b) Sir Blaine has gone missing.
(c) Aubrey is putting the fleet through its paces.
(d) Aubery had to go to Sophie, who is having a difficult birthing.

10. What does Maturin think may be wrong with him?
(a) A cold.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Dengue fever.

11. What is the naval penalty for sodomy?
(a) Firing squad.
(b) Hanging.
(c) Reduction in rank and discharge.
(d) Nothing.

12. What does the Aurora escort back to Freetown the next morning?
(a) A number of captured slavers.
(b) A whaling vessel.
(c) A ship of British prisoners freed from a French frigate.
(d) The most notorious slaver in the area.

13. What does Aubrey think about the fighting condition of the fleet?
(a) It is excellent.
(b) It is poor.
(c) It worse than deplorable.
(d) It is acceptable.

14. What are Jack's orders when he opens them just before leaving The Berlings?
(a) To sail round Cape Horn in pursuit of a Spanish galleon.
(b) To rendevous with another squadron.
(c) He has not yet opened his orders when he leaves The Berlings.
(d) To sail to the West Indies.

15. Who is Stanislas?
(a) Aubrey's Irish cousin.
(b) Maturin's Irish cousin.
(c) A captured American.
(d) His wife's servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Sophie upset about a dress she wore to a dinner?

2. Why does Captain Thomas become defensive?

3. What does Sophie suspect incorrectly about Clarissa?

4. How does Aubrey hope to engage the French fleet?

5. What is Barham Down?

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