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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dundas's ship?
(a) Strength.
(b) Excellent.
(c) Valor.
(d) Liberty.

2. What hits Maturin on the head?
(a) A block of wood.
(b) A water barrel.
(c) A cannon.
(d) A brick.

3. What does Maturin say his wife does brilliantly?
(a) Have patience with him.
(b) Read his writing out loud.
(c) Throw dinner parties.
(d) Dress herself.

4. Where does the Worcester make her first stop?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Augusta.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Miami.

5. What has earned the Worcester its nick-name?
(a) Many people recognize it readily.
(b) It has many guns on it.
(c) Many corners were cut in the building of it.
(d) It was used by pirates for some time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who disobeys the order to leave the birds on the ship alone?

2. What does the crew of the Jemmapes fear when Aubrey fires on them?

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

4. How does Maturin feel about Aubrey?

5. What keeps Maturin away from home for long periods of time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mustapha do when he hears Aubrey has aligned himself with Sciahan?

2. Why does Aubrey refuse to fire on the French ship anchored in the harbor?

3. What do the men on the Worcester think of Aubrey when they leave the harbor where the French consort is anchored?

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

5. What about Martin does Maturin not like, and what does he do about this?

6. What is Maturin's job?

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

8. Why does Thornton choose to focus so much on the Ionian region?

9. How does Davis feel about Aubrey, and why?

10. What is Aubrey's first mission on his new ship?

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