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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Maturin bleed the entire crew?
(a) When one man comes down with typhus.
(b) When the ship enters the tropics.
(c) When one of the wives comes down with malaria.
(d) When one man seems to have the plague.

2. Who commands Surprise?
(a) Captain Fielding.
(b) Captain Stephen Maturin.
(c) Captain Hollom.
(d) Captain Jack Aubrey.

3. Why does Maturin find Allen's conversation interesting?
(a) His father was a whaler.
(b) Maturin once was on a vessel captured by pirates.
(c) Maturin wonders about the claims about the Bermuda Triangle.
(d) He loves natural history.

4. What is Maturin's position on board the Surprise?
(a) First mate.
(b) Gunner's mate.
(c) First Officer.
(d) Surgeon.

5. Who has Aubrey eyed in town as a possible romantic partner before he learns her identity?
(a) Mrs. Martin.
(b) Mrs. Fielding.
(c) Mrs. Coleman.
(d) Mrs. Horner.

6. What was the mission when Mr. Allen sailed with Colnett?
(a) Mapping the South Pole region.
(b) Mapping the North Pole region.
(c) Whaling-and-exploration voyage in the South Pacific.
(d) Finding sunken treasure ships.

7. Who acts as Second Lieutenant?
(a) Mowett.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Allen.
(d) Hollom.

8. From where is Padeen Coleman?
(a) Wales.
(b) Ireland.
(c) England.
(d) Scotland.

9. How does Surprise send mail home?
(a) With the Indiamen.
(b) With a private British schooner.
(c) With a Dutch freighter.
(d) With a British man-o-war they meet up with.

10. What kind of ship is the Surprise?
(a) A passenger ferry.
(b) A slaver.
(c) A British man-of-war.
(d) A merchant frigate.

11. Who agrees to accept a lesser position on Surprise since he has no other options at the time?
(a) Fielding.
(b) Martin.
(c) Tom Pullings.
(d) Mowett.

12. Where does Aubrey recruit some dozen of the new sailors on the Surprise?
(a) Other ships.
(b) A penal colony.
(c) The local bars.
(d) An insane asylum.

13. What does Maturin do with the blood from the crew?
(a) Uses it to create an antidote.
(b) Uses it to trap mosquitoes.
(c) Uses it to catch several large sharks.
(d) Throws it out.

14. From where are earwigs supposedly removed?
(a) The heart of crew members.
(b) The brains of crew members.
(c) The ears of crew members.
(d) The noses of crew members.

15. What is Horner's position on board Surprise?
(a) Cook's mate.
(b) Lookout.
(c) Second deck mate.
(d) Gunner's mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom do the Fieldings meet socially?

2. What information does Allen have about whales?

3. What does Diana request of Maturin?

4. What does the crew think Jonah will do?

5. What good news does Surprise receive?

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