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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Herapath tying to make a living?
(a) Running guns.
(b) Working for his father.
(c) Horse breeding.
(d) Translating Chinese poetry.

2. Upon whom does Maturin call?
(a) The Naval Intelligence office.
(b) The English consulate.
(c) Herapath.
(d) Evans.

3. What does Maturin do in Villiers' room?
(a) Tears it apart looking for a pistol.
(b) Hides under her bed covers.
(c) Hides in the armoire.
(d) Clean his wounds.

4. How does Maturin know about his newfound status?
(a) Wogan behaves differently to him.
(b) He receives an award.
(c) He is contacted by Charles Darwin.
(d) He is contacted by Scotland Yard.

5. How does Johnson respond to news of the assault on Maturin?
(a) He uses it to again threaten Maturin.
(b) He is outraged.
(c) He seems indifferent.
(d) He is nonplussed.

6. What ship does Herapath intend to use to help Aubrey?
(a) The Booby Lou.
(b) The Java.
(c) The Caroline.
(d) The Arcturus.

7. What is one-sided?
(a) The flow of information between Aubrey and England.
(b) The regard Michael Herapath has for Wogan.
(c) The feelings between Maturin and Villiers.
(d) The conversation between Maturin and Johnson.

8. What causes Maturin to flee through the streets of Boston to Villiers' hotel?
(a) He does not go to see Villiers.
(b) He is anxious to tell her he will marry her.
(c) He is again beset with attackers.
(d) He is afraid she is about to be killed.

9. What does Wogan attempt to convince Maturin to do?
(a) Be an American agent.
(b) Get rid of Micheal Herapath for her.
(c) Give her more information about the movement of British ships.
(d) Be her lover.

10. Why is Herapath glad that Villiers is leaving?
(a) So Michael will marry Wogan.
(b) So Wogan will start chasing after Johnson.
(c) So Villiers can give some vital intelligence to England.
(d) He does not care about Villiers one way or the other.

11. How is Maturin threatened?
(a) By saying he will be handed over to the French.
(b) He is not threatened, merely entreated.
(c) By a thinly-veiled note from the Admiral of the Navies.
(d) By taking him to the Naval prison yard.

12. Who does Maturin go to see after speaking to Michael Herapath?
(a) George Herapath.
(b) Evans.
(c) Wogan.
(d) A friend in the State Department.

13. As what is Maturin finally identified?
(a) An excellent naturalist.
(b) An intelligence officer.
(c) A double agent.
(d) A state-of-the-art physician.

14. What does Aubrey show Maturin later in the day after the attempted abduction?
(a) A note from Herapath saying he is working on Aubrey's request.
(b) A pair of new Joe Manton pistols.
(c) A sword.
(d) A derringer.

15. How does Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers get out of the harbor?
(a) On a small boat.
(b) On the Arcuturas.
(c) Swimming.
(d) On board the Caroline.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is likely to happen with the escape of Aubrey and Maturin?

2. Whose throat does Maturin slit with a scalpel?

3. Who does Wogan blame for the false information she gives the Americans?

4. Who continues to recruit Maturin?

5. Who calls on Maturin at Asclepia?

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