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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Maturin?

2. Why do the crew not want to deliver people to destinations?

3. What is Nathaniel Martin's job on the ship?

4. What kind of patient is Maturin?

5. What does Aubrey dislike about his father?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the crewmen of the Worcester not want to transport Parsons?

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

4. What surprises Aubrey when he meets Thornton?

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

6. How do the crew feel about the Worcester, and why?

7. Why is Maturin rarely at home?

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

9. What two events in this chapter cheer up Aubrey?

10. What happens when Maturin boards the Worcester?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What caused Thornton to retire, and what were the reactions to this decision?

Essay Topic 2

How were the three Ionian leaders different from each other, and how did these differences affect Aubrey's decision in that area?

Essay Topic 3

How does the setting of a ship affect the tone and action of the book?

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