2. How does Maturin almost make a serious faux pas?
(a) By telling the first mate what Maturin thinks of the mate's mother.
(b) By forgetting the Captain's name.
(c) By asking to examine the eye socket of a one-eyed sailor.
(d) By almost missing the Captain's table.

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

4. 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) The steward of the Constitution.
(d) A Frenchman Maturin has seen before.

5. Who does Aubrey call upon when he goes ashore?
(a) His best friend's wife.
(b) The Governor.
(c) The main Tribal Chief.
(d) The Admiral.

6. How many times have the Americans encountered the British?
(a) 13.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 11.

7. How does what the Leopard men do help the Java?
(a) They free up Java's men to board the Constitution.
(b) They can concentrate on long-distance warfare.
(c) They are not just dead weight.
(d) It relieves some marines for small-arms work in the fighting tops.

8. How many men are in Aubrey's life boat?
(a) 13.
(b) 24.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

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

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

11. What do the sailors believe when they encounter a vessel?
(a) It is a merchant vessel.
(b) It is from Brazil.
(c) It is a friendly vessel at an appointed rendezvous.
(d) It is a French frigate.

12. What helps the dehydration a little?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Eating raw fish.
(c) A heavy rain.
(d) Distilling a tiny bit of salt water.

13. What about Maturin's collection most interests the crew?
(a) The spirits in which the specimens are soaking.
(b) The stuffed Komodo dragon.
(c) The stuffed gorilla.
(d) The life 10 foot boa constrictor.

14. Of what are some American agents accusing Aubrey?
(a) Sedition.
(b) Executing an American soldier on the Leopard.
(c) War crimes.
(d) Lying.

15. How experienced is Maturin in cricket?
(a) He has no experience.
(b) He plays whenever he is in a port.
(c) He led his team at Oxford to victory.
(d) He is not very skilled but likes playing the game.