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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 do Aubrey and the Leopard crew volunteer to do?
(a) Guard the diplomat and his retinue.
(b) Serve the forward gun battery.
(c) Man the rigging.
(d) Serve on the boarding crew.

2. Who have all taken passage in the same boat?
(a) All the bosun crew.
(b) The two doctors.
(c) All the ship's officers.
(d) The old crewmates from Leopard.

3. What is going to happen to the Leopard's crew?
(a) The Admiral has not yet decided.
(b) They will sail back to England and be assigned to other ships.
(c) They will stay with the Leopard.
(d) They will be disbursed among the Admiral's other ships.

4. What vessel will Aubrey be captaining once he arrives in England?
(a) The Acasta.
(b) The Northhampton.
(c) The York.
(d) The Leopard after its refitting.

5. What is mainly responsible for the Leopard arriving at the port safely?
(a) The superb seamanship of Captain Aubrey.
(b) The skill of Maturin.
(c) The fair weather.
(d) The Leopard's excellent design.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls upon Wallis?

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

3. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?

4. What separates all the life boats from each other?

5. What do the men do to the food and water in the boat?

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