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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9 and 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of raid has Pym led?
(a) Moderately successful but no one was injured.
(b) Successful but bloody.
(c) He was completely defeated.
(d) He was repelled but captured a captain.

2. Why were the items that arrived in Cape Town damaged?
(a) Unfortunate transportation incidents.
(b) Bad handling.
(c) The hurricane.
(d) They were sent because they were damaged.

3. What happens to Maturin's head?
(a) It gets slashed.
(b) He gets a black eye.
(c) It gets burned.
(d) He gets a slight concussion.

4. Who arrives with Aubrey's orders?
(a) A telegram carrier.
(b) A pigeon.
(c) An official Admiralty messenger.
(d) A young sailor.

5. What do Maturin and McAdam continue to do?
(a) Being friends.
(b) Disscuss Clonfert's treatment.
(c) Trying to get Clonfert out of the navy.
(d) Trying to get off their addictions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin do on the first island on which he goes ashore?

2. To whom does Aubrey write at the opening of the last chapter?

3. What happens to two English frigates?

4. What do Aubrey's forces and British land forces do on La Reunion?

5. What happens to the Raisonable after the squadron returns to Cape Town?

(see the answer key)

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