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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the weather like as Aubrey looks out over the harbor after the questioning?
(a) Rainy.
(b) Dense fog.
(c) Clear and warm.
(d) Snowy.

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

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

6. How does George Herapath view the current war?
(a) Deplorable and ridiculous.
(b) As an affront to English might.
(c) That it will be short lived.
(d) Justified.

7. What is Villiers to Maturin?
(a) A contact in British intelligence.
(b) Good friends for many years.
(c) Nothing.
(d) His longtime love interest.

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

9. Who goes into the hotel to retrieve Maturin and Villiers?
(a) Wogan.
(b) Michael Herapath.
(c) George Herapath.
(d) Aubrey.

10. Against what does Maturin warn Villiers?
(a) Staying in her room where Johnson can find her.
(b) Saying too much.
(c) Not to say anything about the marriage proposal to Johnson.
(d) Drinking too much.

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

12. Who calls on Maturin at Asclepia?
(a) Evans.
(b) Wogan.
(c) Lambert.
(d) Herapath.

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

14. Upon whom does George Herapath dote?
(a) Villiers.
(b) Caroline.
(c) His son.
(d) Wogan.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Maturin to flee through the streets of Boston to Villiers' hotel?

2. For what does it seem Villiers looks to Maturin?

3. How does Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers get out of the harbor?

4. About what does Aubrey brood?

5. What happens to Villiers?

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