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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 does Aubrey do at the first stop the Worcester makes?
(a) Drops off the first Parson.
(b) Gets a full crew.
(c) Gets the mission papers.
(d) Fills up the cargo-hold.

2. How does Thornton feel about ship visiting?
(a) He doesn't care.
(b) He does not like it.
(c) He says it depends on which ships do it.
(d) He encourages it.

3. Why does Aubrey spend a small fortune of his own money on something for the ship?
(a) So the crew can practice shooting.
(b) So he can sail according to Navy restrictions.
(c) So they look the part.
(d) So he can rest easy.

4. What is Nathaniel Martin's job on the ship?
(a) Carpenter.
(b) Surgeon.
(c) Shipmate.
(d) Parson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Aubrey describe his mission on the Worcester as part of his career?

2. Where is Graham specifically educated about?

3. How is Maturin embarrassed when he first boards the Worcester?

4. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?

5. Why does Aubrey like Latham's ship so much?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thornton choose to focus so much on the Ionian region?

2. What do Maturin and Martin have in common, and what do they do together?

3. Why is Maturin excited to sail on the Worcester?

4. How is Maturin wounded?

5. Why is Aubrey so worried about Thornton's health?

6. Why does Aubrey avoid Maturin when he first comes aboard the ship?

7. What is the Worcester's nickname, and why?

8. How does Aubrey feel when Maturin is called to Spain, and why?

9. What format is Chapter 4 set up in?

10. What does Aubrey do for the ship that impresses his crew?

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