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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. What does Aubrey offer to Maturin?
(a) To lend him money for his son's schooling.
(b) To send him back to England to settle his affairs.
(c) To purchase the Surprise.
(d) To split the recent prize money with him.

2. Why is Maturin concerned about his wife?
(a) Because she is very ill.
(b) Because her brother is trying to take her money.
(c) Because she is pregnant.
(d) Because his fortune is lost.

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

4. What does Maturin do to supplement the food supply?
(a) Fish.
(b) Gather roots and berries.
(c) Capture wild goats to milk.
(d) Hunt wild pigs.

5. When must Aubrey reach his destination?
(a) Within the first couple hours of darkness.
(b) Before daybreak.
(c) By midnight.
(d) Before Cornélie enters the passage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is inspecting the articles in the camp?

2. What is near where Surprise docks?

3. What does Aubrey admire about the Captain of the Marines?

4. How do Maturin and Martin find two young girls?

5. What are the two girls eventually named?

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