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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Surprise get off the mud bank?
(a) The crew has to dig her out.
(b) The hole in the hull is repaired and the water is pumped out which allows her to float off it.
(c) She is pulled.
(d) They lighten the ship and wait for the tide to come in.

3. What does Aubrey plan to grab to save Maturin?
(a) The rudder.
(b) He does not think that far ahead.
(c) The monkey lines.
(d) The long board being towed behind Surprise.

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

5. What is Aubrey in a hurry to do?
(a) Get a dispatch off to England.
(b) Get to sea.
(c) Get back to England and leave his son with his wife.
(d) Get back to the Mediterranean.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Aubrey believe they might perish?

2. How does this acquaintance help the Surprise?

3. What does Aubrey do when Maturin goes overboard?

4. What does Maturin tell Mrs. Horner?

5. What does Surprise do at Juan Fernandez Island?

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