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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Leopard make quite a stir when entering the port?
(a) She is flying Dutch colors.
(b) She is the first English colors seen there in years.
(c) She is listing badly to starboard.
(d) She was thought to be long lost at sea.

2. Who is the first man to die?
(a) Raikes.
(b) Killick.
(c) Bonden.
(d) Babbington.

3. What good news does the Captain offer Aubrey?
(a) That Aubrey is being considered as a fleet commander.
(b) That his wife knows he is alive.
(c) That his wife has had a son.
(d) That the Acasta has been entirely re-fitted.

4. What happens the first time they sight a vessel?
(a) They try to catch it by rowing.
(b) They try not to be seen since it is an American vessel.
(c) They hail it but it ignore them.
(d) They almost collide with it but they don't see the small boat in the fog.

5. What does Captain Lambert decide to do?
(a) Close the enemy directly and take her by boarding.
(b) Try to disable the Constitution by canon fire and then run.
(c) Try to outflank them and get into open sea where the Java is faster.
(d) Engage long-range canons until it is absolutely necessary to board.

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

7. What game does Maturin believe cricket resembles?
(a) Rugby.
(b) Crochet.
(c) Hurley.
(d) Lawn tennis.

8. What are in the letters to Sophie?
(a) Information about Aubrey's upcoming assignment.
(b) Questions about his new son.
(c) Questions about news at home.
(d) Aubrey's thoughts and reports of many current events.

9. Who is Pontet-Canet?
(a) A French officer on board the Constitutioni.
(b) One of the main commanders in the French and Indian wars.
(c) A Frenchman Maturin has seen before.
(d) The steward of the Constitution.

10. Who expresses admiration for Aubrey's exploits and tenacity?
(a) The Admiral.
(b) The tribal chief.
(c) The Governor.
(d) No one.

11. How long is the life boat in which Aubrey and his men float?
(a) 24 feet.
(b) 32 feet.
(c) 18 feet.
(d) 14 feet.

12. What does Maturin realize?
(a) That Wogan is in Boston.
(b) That Wogan believes the false papers to have originated with Aubrey
(c) That Aubrey is in grave danger.
(d) That Aubrey is still in danger of dying.

13. How might the voyage back to England be described?
(a) Fraught with danger.
(b) Rough seas.
(c) Monotonous.
(d) Stimulating.

14. What happens after several days in the sun?
(a) The men start jumping into the water to cool off.
(b) The men are badly burned.
(c) The men start hallucinating.
(d) Dehydration starts.

15. What happens to Maturin?
(a) He begins to have prolonged cramping.
(b) He dies.
(c) He becomes unconscious.
(d) He reveals that he has some dried jerky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Christmas of 1812 pass with some gloom?

2. How was the news disseminated?

3. Where does La Flèche stop to resupply?

4. Upon what vessel is Aubrey traveling to England?

5. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?

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