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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Aubrey's men received?
(a) With kindness but they are also rationing food.
(b) With open arms and lots of food and water.
(c) With hostility.
(d) Suspiciously.

2. What does Aubrey do on the voyage?
(a) Takes turn doing watches on the bridge.
(b) Helps Maturin with his collection.
(c) Practises his sword skills.
(d) Writes many lengthy letters home.

3. Where is Aubrey's boat headed?
(a) Brazil.
(b) Central America.
(c) Peru.
(d) Antigua.

4. What war do they learn has erupted?
(a) Between France and Russia.
(b) Between England and Russia.
(c) Between England and the United States of America.
(d) Between France and the United States of America.

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

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

7. Who is Wallis?
(a) The Captain of the La Flèche.
(b) The local intelligence officer.
(c) Aubrey's first mate.
(d) Maturin's brother-in-law.

8. Who is Yorke?
(a) The second mate.
(b) The cook.
(c) The ship's steward.
(d) The Captain of the La Flèche.

9. What is Maturin carrying when his turn at bat arrives?
(a) A sword.
(b) A flechette.
(c) A pen.
(d) A hurley.

10. Where is Aubrey to recover?
(a) Asclepia, a sanitorium run by Evans' relative Dr. Choate.
(b) In the Naval hospital.
(c) In prison in Boston.
(d) Aboard the Constitution.

11. Who rescues Aubrey from making a serious faux pas?
(a) Aubrey.
(b) The ship's steward.
(c) The cabin boy.
(d) The second mate.

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

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

14. What does Evans present to Maturin for Aubrey?
(a) A ascot.
(b) A collection.
(c) A pin for valor.
(d) Aubrey's sword.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does La Flèche stop to resupply?

2. How many times have the Americans encountered the British?

3. What helps the dehydration a little?

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

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

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