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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Aubrey's ship transport?
(a) John Duncan.
(b) Sir Joseph Wexler.
(c) Sir Edumund Hexley.
(d) Edward Fox.

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

4. Who owns the Chinese junk?
(a) Li Po.
(b) Je Wong.
(c) Lee Yung.
(d) Su Je.

5. Why has a Dutch-built ship sunk?
(a) It was too old for the sea.
(b) It hit a reef.
(c) It was in a fire fight with an English man-o-war.
(d) It carried the plague.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does the Chinese junk have to pay tribute?

2. Why are the sailors able to salvage much of the ship's contents?

3. Who organizes the shipwrecked men's camp?

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

5. Why is Maturin concerned about his wife?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Maturin and Martin spending much time doing?

2. With what is chapter 3 mostly concerned and why?

3. How does Maturin help the effort to catch the Cornélie?

4. Describe the fight between the Dyaks and the English sailors.

5. What is Aubrey's plan concerning an engagement with the Cornélie?

6. What has Welby overdone in Aubrey's estimation, but why does Aubrey still admire the man?

7. Who does the Nutmeg of Consolation encounter and what do they learn?

8. How does Aubrey plan for an attack on Cornélie?

9. How does Maturin find himself in a duel and what is the crew's response?

10. Describe Stephan Maturin.

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