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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 and 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What goes on for weeks?
(a) The quarantine.
(b) Repairing the Shannon.
(c) Caring for the ill.
(d) The celebrating in the town.

4. What is the name of one of the American schooners that converges on the ship where Maturin, Aubrey and Villiers are?
(a) The Liberty.
(b) The Patriot.
(c) The Bostonian.
(d) The American Trader.

5. What does Villiers confide to Maturin?
(a) That she is pregnant.
(b) That she left all her money in the hotel in Boston in her haste to leave.
(c) That she loves him.
(d) That she is actually already married to Harry Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maturin buy Villiers?

2. What happens to one of the American schooners that delays their pursuit?

3. What does Villiers' diamond necklace feature?

4. What does Maturin find irresistible about Villiers?

5. What surprises Captain Dalgliesh?

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