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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. What news comes to Maturin when he is trying to decide what to tell Aubrey?
(a) Higgins is tied to the main mast.
(b) Horner is throwing up all over the poop deck.
(c) Horner has hung himself.
(d) Higgins has been found drowned in the bilge tanks.

2. What does Maturin do most of the time?
(a) Reads.
(b) Observing the island's plant and animal life.
(c) Writes on bark that he strips off trees and using charcoal.
(d) Sleeps.

3. What happens when Horner is taken to sick berth?
(a) He recovers pretty rapidly.
(b) He goes into a coma.
(c) He confesses everything to Maturin.
(d) He dies.

4. What does Surprise encounter and capture?
(a) A British Indiaman ship.
(b) An American whaler.
(c) A French whaler.
(d) A British whaler.

5. Who rescues Aubrey and Maturin?
(a) An American whaler.
(b) A French frigate.
(c) A British whaler.
(d) Some women on an outrigger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Martin come to a conclusion about Maturin's health?

2. How do Maturin and Martin spend their days?

3. Which two factions of the crew are doing well together?

4. Why does Aubrey need a schoolteacher?

5. What does Surprise spot ashore?

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