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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has been the outcome of those encounters?
(a) The Americans and English have split victories.
(b) The Americans have been decisively victorious.
(c) Aubrey is unsure of the outcomes.
(d) Nothing decisive has been accomplished.

2. Who rescues Aubrey's boat?
(a) HMS Java.
(b) HMS Acasita.
(c) A Brazilian fisher vessel.
(d) The US Constitution.

3. What does Maturin do after Java strikes her colors?
(a) Runs down to his quarters to save his laudenum.
(b) Operates on Aubrey's head.
(c) Asks permission to retain his specimen collection.
(d) Tends to the wounded.

4. What do the men do to the food and water in the boat?
(a) Ration it.
(b) Eat it before it spoils.
(c) Divide it equally among the men.
(d) They didn't get any food or water in the boat.

5. How does Maturin arouse humor among the cricket players and audience?
(a) He hits the wicket in the wrong direction.
(b) He faces the wrong way.
(c) He trips on the way around the field.
(d) He smashes the wicket to pieces.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mainly responsible for the Leopard arriving at the port safely?

2. What happens the first time they sight a vessel?

3. What about Maturin's collection most interests the crew?

4. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?

5. What happens after several days in the sun?

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