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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7 and 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When will the ambush take place?
(a) Aubrey has decided to make a run for England and forget the ambush.
(b) In the middle of that night.
(c) It cannot because he will not get there in time.
(d) Early the next morning.

2. To where are Triton and the American prizes being escorted?
(a) Brest.
(b) Pula Batang.
(c) London.
(d) A court of condemnation.

3. Who exchanges gunfire with Cornélie?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Nutmeg.
(c) Shannon.
(d) Triton.

4. What Passage does his ship run down?
(a) The Straits of Pukuoni.
(b) Zanzibare.
(c) Salibabu.
(d) Great Horned.

5. What information does the Captain of the Dutch ship provide?
(a) That a cyclone is brewing on their path.
(b) That a large pirate fleet is not far away.
(c) That the Cornélie was sunk by pirates that morning.
(d) Information about the movements of the Cornélie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the Chinese junk?

2. Why has a Dutch-built ship sunk?

3. What is the advantage of the French armament?

4. What is strange about the bay at Sweeting's Island?

5. Who is presumed lost at sea?

(see the answer key)

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