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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?
(a) A raccoon walking towards them.
(b) A toad on the sidewalk.
(c) A rat running across the grass.
(d) The boom of a ship's gun.

2. What do Maturin and Jagiello do one foggy morning?
(a) Practice hand-to-hand combat.
(b) Jump overboard to save someone who fell off the flying bridge.
(c) Go aloft.
(d) Practice their swordplay.

3. What is the relationship between Maturin and the commander at Grimsholm?
(a) The commander is Maturin's Catalan godfather.
(b) They both wanted to marry the same woman many years ago.
(c) They are brother-in-laws.
(d) They both serve in the intelligence corps.

4. What does Captain Broke need to do?
(a) Return to the blockage of Washington.
(b) Supervise the repairs of the Shannon.
(c) Write his official communiqué.
(d) Join a blockade of the New York harbor.

5. What surprises Captain Dalgliesh?
(a) That the two schooners break off so quickly.
(b) That the two American schooners are so persistently following them.
(c) That the two schooners fall behind so quickly.
(d) That one of the schooners is not flying American colours.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Smith find Aubrey to be?

2. Why does Hyde have to cut Jagiello's meat?

3. With whom do the transports rendezvous?

4. How does Villiers fare at the beginning of the sea voyage?

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

(see the answer key)

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