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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8, 9, and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acts as First Lieutenant?
(a) Hollom.
(b) Mowett.
(c) Pullings.
(d) Martin.

2. What does Aubrey do when Maturin goes overboard?
(a) Nothing as he does not observe it happen.
(b) Leaps in to save him.
(c) Sounds the man overboard pipes.
(d) Throws some other things overboard to mark the spot.

3. What does Maturin think the sound is?
(a) The sound of the seaweed flowing against the keel.
(b) A sirocco-type wind.
(c) A whale.
(d) A manatee-like creature.

4. What shifts the balance once again?
(a) Surprise returns.
(b) The Americans start getting sick again.
(c) The HMS Danaë arrives on the scene.
(d) Many of the Americans are lost on the reef when they launch the small boat.

5. What does Surprise do at Juan Fernandez Island?
(a) Just stops long enough to get water.
(b) Makes Higgins get off the boat.
(c) Nothing; just sails past it.
(d) Refits and resupplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is nailed to the craft's stem in the boat that rescues Aubrey and Maturin?

2. What happens a few days after Mrs. Horner talks to Maturin?

3. Who commands Surprise?

4. What does the older women want to do with Aubrey?

5. How many previous names has Surprise had?

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