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

3. What does Maturin do for the Navy?
(a) He is a sailor.
(b) He is a cartographer.
(c) He is a secret agent.
(d) All of these.

4. How does the narrator describe Maturin?
(a) Reserved.
(b) Introverted.
(c) All of these.
(d) Routine.

5. What is Latham's ship called?
(a) Astonished.
(b) Surprise.
(c) Expert.
(d) Exile.

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

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

8. Why do the officers on the Worcester dislike Maturin?
(a) He is late to board.
(b) He is richer than they.
(c) He is quiet and morose.
(d) He is favored by the captain.

9. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Hair.
(b) Humor.
(c) Patience.
(d) Malice.

10. Who is badly injured after the run-in with the Jemmapes?
(a) Barrett.
(b) Maturin.
(c) Mettow.
(d) Pullings.

11. What causes the fear of the Jemmapes after they are fired on?
(a) The flag being flown.
(b) The loud boom.
(c) The colored sparks.
(d) The eery silence.

12. What is Babbington's ship called?
(a) Centaur.
(b) Fairie.
(c) Dryad.
(d) Mermaid.

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

14. What is the nick-name of the Worcester?
(a) The Avenger.
(b) The Bait and Thief.
(c) The Trap.
(d) One of the Forty Thieves.

15. What is Babbington's title in the Navy?
(a) Captain.
(b) Admiral.
(c) Corporal.
(d) General.