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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the Surprise been doing prior to docking here?
(a) Been in dry dock being refitted.
(b) Having a series of adventures in the Mediterranean.
(c) Capturing slavers in the West Indies.
(d) Returning the British diplomat to the United States.

2. Where is Surprise docking?
(a) Boston.
(b) The West Indies.
(c) Gibraltar.
(d) Near London.

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

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

5. Which two factions of the crew are doing well together?
(a) The old hands and the ex-Defender factions.
(b) All of them seem to be doing well together.
(c) The ex-Defender factions and those from the lunatic asylum.
(d) The old hands and those from the lunatic asylum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What island does the Surprise sail past?

2. What does Higgins begin to do?

3. Who commands Surprise?

4. What was the mission when Mr. Allen sailed with Colnett?

5. From where are earwigs supposedly removed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Maturin comes on deck during a storm?

2. What does Martin decide about Maturin's condition, and what does Aubrey think?

3. What does Maturin learn about HMS Danaë?

4. Who goes ashore and who comes to meet the British and what is decided about Maturin?

5. What does Aubrey have to do before setting sail after the Norfolk and why?

6. Why is it fortunate that Allen is on board Surprise?

7. What does Aubrey notice about the crew and how they align themselves?

8. What does Aubrey discover on the island and in the water approaching the island?

9. Who is Dundas and what does he suggest to Aubrey?

10. Who does Surprise encounter?

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