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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the crew think Jonah will do?
(a) Bring bad luck on the crew.
(b) Hurt them through incompetence.
(c) Not perform his share of the work.
(d) Steal from them.

2. What does Dundas suggest to Aubrey?
(a) To retire.
(b) To take on Mr. Allen as sailing master.
(c) To take on Mr. Fielding as sailing master.
(d) To take on Mr. Allen as surgeon's assistant.

3. What happens to over half of the whales killed?
(a) They have no oil and are sunk.
(b) They are eaten by sharks.
(c) They are brought successfully to port.
(d) They are lost and not rendered into oil.

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

5. What friend does Maturin encounter on shore?
(a) Reverend Mr. Brierly.
(b) Reverend John Jells.
(c) Reverend Mr. Martin.
(d) None.

6. How does Maturin relax?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Climbing the rigging.
(c) Running around the poop deck.
(d) Taking laudanum.

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

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

9. With whom do the Fieldings meet socially?
(a) Hollister.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Martinique.
(d) Phipps.

10. What good news does Surprise receive?
(a) Dutch merchants are running from the Americans.
(b) USS Constitution has been captured.
(c) French navy lost a huge battle recently.
(d) USS Norfolk is behind schedule.

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

12. Who recognizes Aubrey and Maturin on the ship the Surprise encounters?
(a) No one.
(b) Several of the enlisted crew.
(c) Some of the officers.
(d) The French captain.

13. What does Aubrey notice as Surprise sails South?
(a) The crew is hiding something from Aubrey.
(b) The crew is getting along better than usual.
(c) Divisions in the crews.
(d) The bilges are smelling particularly badly.

14. What do Maturin and Martin do after readying for their next assignment?
(a) Observe the local flora and fauna.
(b) Research local diseases.
(c) Open a free clinic for a few days.
(d) Catch up on their sleep.

15. Why does Aubrey contrive to cross the equator on Sunday?
(a) So they will not be in port until the next week.
(b) He does not contrive to do so; it just happens.
(c) It is considered good luck to do so.
(d) So the crew will not party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Surprise docking?

2. From where is Padeen Coleman?

3. What is HMS Danaë carrying?

4. Where does Aubrey recruit some dozen of the new sailors on the Surprise?

5. Who has Aubrey eyed in town as a possible romantic partner before he learns her identity?

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