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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose nests does Maturin find?
(a) Terns.
(b) Robins.
(c) Sea Eagles.
(d) Swifts.

2. What does Maturin send to a Chinese junk?
(a) A child with a message.
(b) A stack of nests.
(c) A peace offering.
(d) A present.

3. What does Raffles' wife ask of Aubrey?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To hire her husband for this one trip.
(c) To take aboard two young midshipmen.
(d) To take her along to go to England.

4. Who attacks the sailors?
(a) A tribe of warriors called Dyaks.
(b) Pirates.
(c) No one.
(d) The French.

5. With what does Aubrey arm the Nutmeg of Consolation?
(a) Cannons.
(b) A mix of carronades and cannons.
(c) An extra company of sharpshooters.
(d) Carronades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey do with the cannons?

2. What do the men do for entertainment?

3. Who were left by their previous ship for various offenses?

4. Where is Aubrey when Maturin awakes from his illness?

5. What does Maturin find when he goes to gather the nests?

(see the answer key)

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