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

4. What does Maturin want to do about the Cornélie?
(a) Change its name to something that sounds less French.
(b) Make an agreement with the captain of it.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Pursue and destroy it.

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

6. What does Maturin play up?
(a) A minor injury that he suffers.
(b) A minor injury on a child.
(c) The wonder of birds' nest soup.
(d) A minor injury that Aubrey suffers.

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

8. What is the effect of the aftermath of the attack?
(a) Rage.
(b) Discouragement.
(c) Optimism that they can weather anything.
(d) Renewed industry to effect a departure from the island.

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

10. What does Aubrey admire about the Captain of the Marines?
(a) His efficiency and devotion to duty.
(b) His physique.
(c) His ability at whist.
(d) His droll sense of humor.

11. Who is presumed lost at sea?
(a) Fox.
(b) Sexton.
(c) Cornelius.
(d) Maturin.

12. To what island does Aubrey transport the person in question 38?
(a) Batavia.
(b) Pulo Prabang.
(c) Jarkarta.
(d) New Guinea.

13. What does Maturin find when he goes to gather the nests?
(a) Some Chinese children gathering the nests.
(b) The nests had all been put to the torch by the attackers.
(c) A wounded Dyak.
(d) He cannot find them again.

14. Where is the unnamed island?
(a) Near Cape Horn.
(b) In the Indian Ocean.
(c) The South China Sea.
(d) In the Atlantic Ocean.

15. To where does the junk take the British sailors?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Batavia.
(c) England.
(d) Taiwain.