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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 and 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the crew do when the birds land on the ship?
(a) Kill them for food.
(b) Capture them in cages.
(c) Throw them overboard.
(d) Kick and stomp on them.

2. What diminishes Martin's love for the Navy?
(a) Seeing a man die.
(b) Going thirsty at sea.
(c) Getting shot at.
(d) Witnessing floggings.

3. What is the Worcester crew made up of?
(a) Luckless sailors.
(b) All of these.
(c) Prisoners.
(d) Lunatics.

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

5. What does the narrator say Graham is bereft of?
(a) Patience.
(b) Humor.
(c) Hair.
(d) Malice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the officers gossip about while at the first stop?

2. What is Aubrey's first name?

3. What is Aubrey's title in the Navy?

4. What is Latham's ship called?

5. What does Yeats say will ruin him?

(see the answer key)

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