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

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

3. What causes a crew member to be so disobedient to the order about the birds?
(a) He is drunk.
(b) He is insane.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is hungry.

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

5. Why do birds land on the ship?
(a) They see water.
(b) They need a rest.
(c) They think the mast is a tree.
(d) They need food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Graham from?

2. What causes the flock of birds to fly over the blockade?

3. How does the narrator describe Maturin?

4. What is Pullings' title in the Navy?

5. How does Maturin feel about Aubrey?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is strange about the practice runs done at sea with the cannons?

3. What format is Chapter 4 set up in?

4. How is Somers a danger to the whole ship?

5. What happens when a strong wind blows birds over the ship?

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

7. Why does Aubrey get so excited when he sees Latham and his ship join the blockade?

8. What is Maturin's job?

9. Why does Aubrey choose to captain the Worcester even though he doesn't want to?

10. What happens when Maturin boards the Worcester?

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