3. Why is the Groper sacrificed?
(a) To draw the French out.
(b) To take civilians off the island.
(c) To be a temporary breakwater.
(d) To blow up the garrison.

4. Why does Maturin receive a huge sum of gold?
(a) For his actions during the war.
(b) To dispense the sailors' pay.
(c) All of his back pay.
(d) For bribes.

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

6. About what abstract human characteristic does Maturin ponder?
(a) Courage.
(b) Hate.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Love.

7. What was a decisive blow in favor of England?
(a) Capture of two French islands.
(b) Taking the head French admiral captive.
(c) Blowing up the garrison at Mauritius.
(d) Destroying the entire French fleet.

8. Where is much of the French fleet discovered?
(a) In the harbor at Port Louis.
(b) French Guinea.
(c) Mauritius.
(d) Rodriquez.

9. With which captain does Maturin get a berth?
(a) Lambert.
(b) Bonden.
(c) Clonfert.
(d) Corbett.

10. What does Maturin keep on a daily basis?
(a) An eating habit.
(b) Writing to his wife.
(c) A journal.
(d) A religious rite.

11. What happens to Maturin during the voyage?
(a) He falls out of the rigging.
(b) He is dropped overboard.
(c) He gets food poisoning.
(d) He breaks his nose.

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

13. What does the armed merchant ship do when Aubrey asks for help?
(a) It refuses.
(b) It comes immediately.
(c) It pretends it didn't get the message.
(d) It gets there too late.

14. How much laudanum does Maturin use?
(a) An average amount for an addict.
(b) A minimal amount.
(c) He doesn't use laudanum.
(d) Excessive proportions.

15. What does Maturin gather together on La Reunion?
(a) Food for the ships.
(b) Ammunition for the guns.
(c) Rebellious citizens.
(d) Information.