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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey describe Mustapha?
(a) Loyal.
(b) Subtle.
(c) Strong.
(d) Boisturous.

2. What is different on every ship?
(a) The ropes and knots.
(b) The sail mechanisms.
(c) The kind of wood.
(d) The layout.

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

4. Who is Aubrey commanded to deliver on his new ship?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Thornton.
(c) Martin.
(d) Graham.

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

6. What shatters the internal structure of the Worcester?
(a) The falling mast.
(b) A cannon.
(c) Pounding waves.
(d) An internal explosion.

7. Why does Aubrey not think Ismail can win?
(a) He is too old.
(b) He has no military skills.
(c) He worries too much about his children.
(d) He has no loyalties.

8. Why did things not go as expected for Aubrey when he went into the harbor with the French consort?
(a) They were afraid of the secret weapon rumors.
(b) They were all keeping neutrality agreements.
(c) They mistook Aubrey for someone else.
(d) They were low on food.

9. What allows the French to break through the blockade?
(a) A big storm.
(b) A night-time maneuver.
(c) A neutral ally helping them.
(d) A break in the blockade.

10. What does Aubrey not like about Mustapha's ambitions?
(a) They are forgettable.
(b) They are weak.
(c) They are personal.
(d) They are violent.

11. What is Davis's first name?
(a) Awkward.
(b) Avarice.
(c) Anger.
(d) Attached.

12. Who picks the first potentate to meet with?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Aubrey.
(c) Harte.
(d) Graham.

13. How does Aubrey combat his loneliness when Maturin is gone?
(a) Doubles his watch times.
(b) Drinks.
(c) Writes letters.
(d) Does practice runs.

14. Why does Aubrey like Mustapha more than Ismail?
(a) He has a warrior's heart.
(b) He is intelligent.
(c) He speaks English.
(d) He is a sailor.

15. How many potentates will Aubrey have to deal with on his new ship?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey forbid his men to do when entering the harbor where the French are anchored?

2. What does the narrator say is the better part of valor?

3. What kind of sickness does Aubrey get while Maturin is gone?

4. Who is wounded at the clandestine rendezvous?

5. What does Aubrey wrap the sinking hull with?

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