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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 does Thornton talk to Maturin about during their visit together?
(a) Politics.
(b) How the blockade is working.
(c) Aubrey's health.
(d) All of these.

2. What do the newcomers on the boat say about Aubrey when he leaves the harbor with the French consort?
(a) He is a coward.
(b) He is insane.
(c) He is following orders.
(d) He is too bold.

3. How did Aubrey once save Davis?
(a) He kept him from committing suicide.
(b) He stopped an execution.
(c) He fought off an attack on Davis.
(d) He saved him from drowning.

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

5. What is the Worcester declared when it gets to the meeting point after the conflict at the blockade?
(a) Demoted to a trade ship.
(b) Challenged.
(c) Unfit for duty.
(d) In need of repair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Aubrey spend a small fortune of his own money on something for the ship?

2. Why does someone get mad about how the crew treats the birds that land on the ship?

3. What does the Worcester do when the French break through the blockade?

4. Why did things not go as expected for Aubrey when he went into the harbor with the French consort?

5. What kind of people will the Worcester deliver to destinations?

(see the answer key)

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