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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 are Aubrey's intentions?
(a) He has not yet decided.
(b) To find a place to hide out until Cornélie gives up.
(c) To run ahead of the wind as fast as possible.
(d) To encourage pursuit.

2. What does Maturin spend his time and money doing?
(a) Buying specimen jars and preservatives.
(b) Learning how to play cricket.
(c) Putting in medical supplies.
(d) Various machinations to deny the French resupply at various ports.

3. How had Fox behaved?
(a) Intrepid.
(b) Increasingly irrational and haughty.
(c) Knowledgeable.
(d) Friendly.

4. Upon what did the ship wreck?
(a) A submerged reef.
(b) Rocks.
(c) A submerged vessel that wrecked earlier.
(d) An iceberg.

5. What does the landing party find?
(a) A pirate's nest.
(b) No one.
(c) Only about forty natives.
(d) Hundreds of native corpses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the girls adopt as pets?

2. What does the captain of the force who assaults Aubrey's camp wear?

3. Who is William Grimshaw?

4. What is the Triton?

5. What does Aubrey do to Miller and Oakes?

(see the answer key)

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