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

2. What is Maturin doing on shore?
(a) Attending the wounded.
(b) Trying to sleep.
(c) Finding a minister to marry him and Villiers.
(d) Having a quiet moment with Villiers.

3. What is the relationship between Harry Johnson and Villiers?
(a) They are former lovers.
(b) They are brother and sister-in-law.
(c) They are husband and wife.
(d) They do not know each other.

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 American Trader.
(c) The Bostonian.
(d) The Patriot.

5. What does Maturin buy Villiers?
(a) A pearl necklace.
(b) Passage back to America.
(c) Passage back to Brazil.
(d) An expensive gown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the crew on that schooner?

2. What causes Aubrey some discomfort?

3. What has Aubrey become?

4. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?

5. What has Villiers recently become?

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