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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey treat Smith?
(a) He is rude in hopes she will leave him be.
(b) He gives her misleading insinuations.
(c) He tells her the news of his wife's death was incorrect.
(d) He avoids her.

2. Who is Amanda Smith?
(a) A young woman asked to be Villiers's maid.
(b) The daughter of the host at the ball.
(c) Matruin's cousin who is there with her mother.
(d) A young woman who dotes on Aubrey.

3. How does Villiers fare at the beginning of the sea voyage?
(a) She is harrassed by some of the sailors.
(b) She is severely seasick.
(c) She is fearful of water but does not get seasick.
(d) She is used to the ocean and loves sailing.

4. What news does Smith spread far and wide?
(a) News about who Villiers really is.
(b) News of hers and Aubrey's relationship.
(c) News of the fact that Aubrey was accused of syping in the United States.
(d) News that Aubrey's wife has died and Smith hopes to be his next wife.

5. What is Jagiello supposed to be doing?
(a) Infiltrating the Barbary Coast group.
(b) Teaching Dalgliesh how to sail around the reefs near Gibraltar.
(c) Advising and observing.
(d) Pretending to be someone he is not.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin do doing the voyage?

2. What does Maturin think the meeting with the commander of Grimsholm will require?

3. What does Aubrey discuss with Maturin at this point in the book?

4. What disaster strikes the Ariel?

5. What does Villiers confide to Maturin?

(see the answer key)

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