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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. From where are live eels supposedly removed?
(a) The brains of the crew.
(b) The bilge.
(c) The intestines of the crew.
(d) The grain bags.

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

3. What region does the Surprise pass through that is considered difficult?
(a) The Bermuda Triangle.
(b) The lee side of the West Indies islands.
(c) The doldrums.
(d) No area is any more difficult than any other area.

4. What happens to several of Aubrey's officers?
(a) They are ill.
(b) They are promoted onto other ships.
(c) They desert.
(d) They retire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where is Padeen Coleman?

2. How are whales stripped of their blubber?

3. How does Maturin relax?

4. What does Diana request of Maturin?

5. What is Midshipman Hollom's situation on Gibraltar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Martin and what does Maturin discover?

2. What does Aubrey learn about Norfolk?

3. What does Horner confront Maturin about and what is Maturin's response?

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

5. What does Higgins begin to do among the crew members?

6. Whom does Surprise encounter and what do they send with them?

7. What happens to the whalers in the long boat?

8. How does the dinner engagement affect the rumor? What other rumor about Maturin and Mrs. Fielding is circulating?

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

10. What happens to Surprise, and where do they go to take care of the problem?

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