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

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

3. Who is Caroline?
(a) Evans's wife.
(b) Wogan's infant daughter.
(c) Wogan's sister.
(d) Herapath's sister.

4. About what does Aubrey brood?
(a) His possible execution.
(b) Being on American soil.
(c) The loss of the use of his shattered arm.
(d) The English defeats at sea.

5. What does Villiers reveal when she returns to her room?
(a) That Aubrey has been murdered.
(b) That she is unable to find help.
(c) That there are soldiers on every street corner.
(d) That Johnson is dead.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Villiers to Maturin?

3. What do Aubrey and George Herapath find to discuss?

4. Who does Maturin send to give a note to Aubrey?

5. Of what do Johnson's plantation workers comprise?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is one thing that is perhaps likable about George Herapath?

2. Who ambushes Maturin and what is humorous about his actions?

3. What romantic complications add to the complexity of the novel?

4. What happens to Maturin in Chapter 7 that makes it obvious that he needs to come up with a viable escape plan very soon?

5. How does Maturin figure out that he has been identified as the intelligence officer and what is the implication?

6. How does George Herapath's attitude towards Wogan seem ironic or hypocritical?

7. Why does Maturin hedge about being an agent even though he has no intention of accepting the position?

8. Why is Mr. Herapath so happy to hear that Villiers is leaving the United States?

9. Of what is George Herapath proud and what may be a little despicable about his attitude?

10. Why does Maturin think Wogan does not know he disseminated bad intelligence and what do you think he should do about it?

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