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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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. How experienced is Maturin in cricket?
(a) He led his team at Oxford to victory.
(b) He has no experience.
(c) He plays whenever he is in a port.
(d) He is not very skilled but likes playing the game.

3. What happens after several days in the sun?
(a) The men are badly burned.
(b) The men start jumping into the water to cool off.
(c) Dehydration starts.
(d) The men start hallucinating.

4. What civilian is on board the ship?
(a) The wife of the Brazilian diplomat.
(b) The wife of the Captain.
(c) A diplomat and his retinue.
(d) None.

5. What does Aubrey strenuously argue to retain?
(a) His personal valet.
(b) His prize vessel.
(c) His lieutenants and midshipmen.
(d) His field promotion to Admiral.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Evans present to Maturin for Aubrey?

2. Who do Maturin and Aubrey take on in Cricket?

3. Who does Aubrey call upon when he goes ashore?

4. What are in the letters to Sophie?

5. Who expresses admiration for Aubrey's exploits and tenacity?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you think it would be difficult for the men to stay optimistic if after spotting a ship but they do not see you?

2. Why is it somewhat miraculous that the HMS Leopard pulls into Pulo Batang successfully?

3. How would you respond to being in open sea in an eighteen-foot boat with twelve other people?

4. Why do you think the sailors on board La Flèche do not take the war with the United States very seriously?

5. Who is Mrs. Wogan and how does she figure in the previous novel, which is mentioned in the initial chapters of this novel?

6. Why would the men welcome being on board the HMS Java though it is quite crammed with people?

7. Why do you think Aubrey argues so strenuously to retain his lieutenants and midshipmen?

8. Why is Aubrey depressed at the news of the war?

9. What does Maturin learn that explains the Navy's treatment of Aubrey?

10. What are a couple signs that things are not going well for the men in the boat?

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