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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 and 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey modify the Nutmeg of Consolation?
(a) He increases its fire power.
(b) To make it look sloppy and unkempt.
(c) He makes it able to float even if several compartments below deck are filled.
(d) He makes it appear to be a pirate vessel.

2. For what is Grimshaw and Killick known?
(a) Wit.
(b) Strength.
(c) Their sword fighting ability.
(d) Surliness.

3. Upon what sort of variables is Aubrey's plan contingent?
(a) Wind, current, tide and timing.
(b) If his gunpowder can dry quickly enough.
(c) Whether Cornélie decides to maintain pursuit.
(d) The tide being high enough to pass over the great reef in the passage.

4. Who appears on the horizon?
(a) An American privateer.
(b) The French man-o-war.
(c) Surprise.
(d) The HMS Shannon.

5. What is critical after the attack?
(a) Food supplies are critically low.
(b) A way to find more wood for cooking fires.
(c) A way to retrieve the tools.
(d) A way to summon help.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kesegaran get to the island?

2. Who is Fox's clerk?

3. Who is William Grimshaw?

4. After whom is Aubrey's new ship named?

5. Why does the Nutmeg of Consolation sail poorly?

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