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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why would Maturin even consider becoming a double agent?
(a) To learn about the American network of spies.
(b) To escape from the United States.
(c) To end the War of 1812.
(d) To earn more money.

3. Who does Wogan blame for the false information she gives the Americans?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Geroge Herapath.
(c) Villiers.
(d) Aubrey.

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

5. Who is Wogan's employer?
(a) No one.
(b) Diana Villiers.
(c) George Herapath.
(d) Harry Johnson.

6. What does Aubrey ask of George Herapath?
(a) To tell him who Dubreuil is.
(b) To shelter Villiers.
(c) Help and silence.
(d) To speak to the Navy Intelligence on Aubrey's behave.

7. How does Villiers seem in relation to Maturin?
(a) Weepy.
(b) Needy.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Maudlin.

8. What does Maturin want from Herapath?
(a) A horse to ride to New York and escape via a ship from that port.
(b) To borrow some money to bribe Aubrey's guards.
(c) Pistols for protection.
(d) Lessons on playing cricket.

9. Why does Maturin speak to a priest?
(a) To confess killing a man.
(b) To confess that he commited treason.
(c) To talk about his upcoming marriage.
(d) To ask after an old friend who is a Catholic priest in Boston.

10. With whom did Villiers abscond a few months earlier?
(a) George Herapath.
(b) Michael Herapath.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Nelson.

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

12. Where does Maturin drag the corpse(s)?
(a) Under the bed.
(b) In the washing tub.
(c) On the veranda.
(d) In the hallway.

13. 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 sword.
(c) A pair of new Joe Manton pistols.
(d) A derringer.

14. How does Aubrey respond to the Navy's questions?
(a) Indifferent.
(b) Incredulous.
(c) Cooperative.
(d) He is angry and shaken.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Villiers go after Maturin collapses?

2. How is Herapath tying to make a living?

3. How is Maturin threatened?

4. Who is aged, dissipated by alcohol, and fairly crass of speech?

5. How does Johnson respond to news of the assault on Maturin?

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