2. About what is Aubrey anxious?
(a) Hollom's abuse of the crew.
(b) Sophie has not written in months.
(c) To get Surprise back on its mission.
(d) His son who is with him is ill.

3. What does Horner say when he approaches Maturin?
(a) He is very sorry to have killed his wife.
(b) He wishes he had stayed back on the island instead of Hollom.
(c) He needs something to help him sleep.
(d) He knows his wife was pregnant.

4. What happens in São Francisco?
(a) Maturin falls in love.
(b) The Surprise takes a long time to be refitted.
(c) Martin decides to stay.
(d) Aubrey is attacked.

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

6. Who is Hogg?
(a) The new surgeon's assistant.
(b) The whaler's spektioneer.
(c) The cook.
(d) Aubrey's sounder.

7. How does Aubrey get updated information about the ship he is chasing?
(a) A British man-o-war is patrolling the area.
(b) The natives describe a ship that could be the Constitution.
(c) He is unable to get any recent information.
(d) There are British whalers in the longboat.

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

9. Who appears and is injured?
(a) Higgins.
(b) Hollom.
(c) Horner.
(d) Mrs. Horner.

10. Who does not return to the ship after Aubrey orders Surprise to set sail?
(a) Maturin and Martin.
(b) Martin.
(c) No one.
(d) Hollom, Horner and Mrs. Horner.

11. How does this acquaintance help the Surprise?
(a) It speeds up the process of repairs.
(b) It gives the officers a decent place to stay.
(c) It keeps the Surprise from being overly taxed.
(d) It helps Aubrey gain information.

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

13. What does Maturin learn about?
(a) The coca leaf.
(b) The local voodoo customs.
(c) The habits of the vampire bat.
(d) The shamen's medical practices.

14. What does Horner tell Aubrey?
(a) His wife and Hollom will not be returning to the ship.
(b) He was jumped by some sailors and detained.
(c) His wife is going to divoce him.
(d) Hollom is wants to stay with his wife on the island to protect her.

15. Where are Aubrey and Maturin taken?
(a) To the women's island.
(b) To a French fort.
(c) To a British trading post.
(d) To a deserted island.