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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Aubrey and Dundas talk about when they hold a ship visit?
(a) Politics.
(b) How the blockade is working.
(c) All of these.
(d) Thornton's health.

2. How does Aubrey feel about Dundas?
(a) He hates him.
(b) He distrusts him.
(c) He likes him.
(d) He doesn't have strong feelings either way?

3. What have the birds eaten that might be dangerous to the crew?
(a) Poisonous insects.
(b) Lead pellets.
(c) Poisonous seeds.
(d) Dyed pellets.

4. How does Harte feel about Aubrey?
(a) He respects him.
(b) He is suspicious of him.
(c) He hates him.
(d) He likes him.

5. What does the crew have to pay most attention to during a storm?
(a) The mast.
(b) The sails.
(c) The cargo hold.
(d) The leaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mitchell's title in the Navy?

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

3. What does Yeats say will ruin him?

4. How do the crew feel during the blockade duty?

5. Where does the Worcester make her first stop?

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