2. How is Aubrey's arm?
(a) Completely recovered.
(b) It will never function properly again.
(c) Nearly unusable.
(d) Much better.

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

4. Who are his attackers?
(a) Some ne'r do wells.
(b) A couple of sailors.
(c) Pontet-Canet and French thugs.
(d) An American who is killed when the Constitution engages with the HMS Java.

5. Of what is George Herapath proud?
(a) That he has several flourishing plantations in the South.
(b) That he was a loyalist during the American Revolutionary War.
(c) That his horses have seldom lost a race.
(d) That he is working undercover for the United States government.

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

7. What is the initial topic of discussion between Maturin and Johnson?
(a) About the war.
(b) About the bird species named boobies.
(c) About Michael Herapath.
(d) About Aubrey.

8. What happens to Villiers?
(a) Nothing.
(b) She becomes seasick.
(c) She falls overboard and drowns.
(d) She is shot as they are rowing out of the harbor.

9. Why does the group walk to the ship?
(a) Because it's foggy and no one will see them.
(b) Because George Herapath has driven off with the coach.
(c) Because they need the fresh air.
(d) Because the coach cannot hold them all.

10. What does Aubrey watch in the dense fog?
(a) A spy being hung.
(b) Maturin being tortured.
(c) Two American frigates sneak past the English blockade.
(d) Two English frigates sneak past the American blockade.

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

12. About what does the Navy department interview Aubrey?
(a) An order that is intercepted by the Americans.
(b) Maturin.
(c) A missive from Admiral Nelson.
(d) Some ancient and rather cryptic notes.

13. 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.

14. Where does Villiers go after Maturin collapses?
(a) For help.
(b) To Aubrey.
(c) To Naval Intelligence.
(d) To the English embassy.

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.