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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?
(a) The personalities of the crew.
(b) Other officers.
(c) What the mission will be.
(d) All of these.

2. What do the crew do when the birds land on the ship?
(a) Capture them in cages.
(b) Kill them for food.
(c) Kick and stomp on them.
(d) Throw them overboard.

3. What is Maturin's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Sailor.
(c) Banker.
(d) Scientist.

4. What does Aubrey dislike about his father?
(a) His treatment of his new wife.
(b) All of these.
(c) His political impropriety.
(d) His debt.

5. Where will Aubrey go if he refuses the post on the Worcester?
(a) A care center.
(b) The hospital.
(c) Debtor's prison.
(d) A tropical trip.

6. What is Aubrey's first name?
(a) Jim.
(b) Jake.
(c) John.
(d) Jack.

7. What is Mitchell's title in the Navy?
(a) Admiral.
(b) General.
(c) Captain.
(d) Commander.

8. How does Aubrey feel when Maturin is called away?
(a) Isolated.
(b) Angry.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Afraid.

9. Where is Graham specifically educated about?
(a) All waterways.
(b) The Ionian region.
(c) The United Kingdom.
(d) The Celtic religious sects.

10. Why does Maturin take pity on Yeats?
(a) He has seen this man before.
(b) He seems friendly.
(c) He has no nautical skill.
(d) He is still angry with Aubrey.

11. What is Aubrey's main personal problem?
(a) He is deep in debt.
(b) His wife is sick.
(c) He is losing his memory.
(d) He has a terminal disease.

12. What kind of birds flocks over the blockade?
(a) Crows.
(b) Quail.
(c) Seagulls.
(d) Cranes.

13. What hits Maturin on the head?
(a) A brick.
(b) A block of wood.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A water barrel.

14. Why does Rowan come aboard the ship?
(a) To get proper training.
(b) As a trade for Somers.
(c) To help with the birds.
(d) As a punishment.

15. Why does Aubrey not want to sail on the Worcester?
(a) He knows it will get into danger.
(b) He has been on it before.
(c) He thinks it is beneath him.
(d) He wants to stay home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey call his biggest burden as a captain?

2. What causes a crew member to be so disobedient to the order about the birds?

3. What is the name of Maturin's wife?

4. Who disobeys the order to leave the birds on the ship alone?

5. Who is England at conflict with in this book?

(see the answer keys)

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