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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the sailors able to salvage much of the ship's contents?
(a) It washes up on shore almost intact.
(b) It took a long time to sink.
(c) They are unable to salvage anything.
(d) The lifeboats were larger than average.

2. What suddenly lands on the beach?
(a) A huge number of jelly fish.
(b) A vast war canoe.
(c) Pieces of the French privateer.
(d) A whale.

3. What do the men do for entertainment?
(a) Play cards.
(b) Play craps.
(c) Play cricket.
(d) Play whist.

4. Why is the Nutmeg of Consolation readied for sea in haste?
(a) The former Governor needs to be at his new post immediately.
(b) They are going to try to catch Cornélie.
(c) There is a bad storm moving in.
(d) Napoleon is gathering his forces near Brest.

5. What effect does the method Aubrey uses to arm his ship have?
(a) It has a heavy punch up close but no long-range accuracy.
(b) It makes the ship lighter and therefore faster.
(c) It covers both short and long-range possibilites.
(d) It enables more men in the rigging to pick off boarding parties.

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

7. Who is William Grimshaw?
(a) The quartermaster for the ground forces.
(b) A sailor who becomes good friends with Killick.
(c) The accountant for the Governor.
(d) A lieutenant on board.

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

9. What are his carpenters and seamen begun building?
(a) A new hull to patch the ship.
(b) A way to haul the ship up off the ocean floor.
(c) Huts for shelter.
(d) A schooner.

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

11. To where does Kesegaran agree to carry a message?
(a) Batavia.
(b) Tahiti.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Gibraltar.

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

13. Approximately how many men are marooned on an unnamed island?
(a) 157.
(b) 54.
(c) 448.
(d) 2000.

14. Who does Maturin spy one morning when he wakes up?
(a) A Dyak woman.
(b) A pirate.
(c) A French privateer approaching the bay.
(d) What he thinks is an angel.

15. What is the name of their ship that wrecked?
(a) HMS Diane.
(b) HMS Leopard.
(c) HMS Surprise.
(d) HMS Shannon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin want to do about the Cornélie?

2. Who receives the commission for the HMS Nutmeg of Consolation?

3. Who will depart about the Cornélie?

4. What does much of Chapter 3 offer?

5. Who does Aubrey's ship transport?

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