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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?
(a) Aubrey's wife has died.
(b) Aubrey needs to come home as his wife is dying.
(c) Kimber has exhausted Aubrey's funds with little to show for it.
(d) Aubrey's home burns to the ground but his wife and children are alive.

2. Where do the transports loaded with Catalan troops go?
(a) To England to wait out the war.
(b) Back to Samaurez' fleet.
(c) To France.
(d) To the coastal waters off Brazil.

3. What has Aubrey become?
(a) Restless.
(b) Somewhat of a recluse.
(c) Idle.
(d) A local hero.

4. Who is Pelloworm?
(a) The Baltic pilot.
(b) The sailor in the crow's nest who sights a French frigate.
(c) Second in command of the Catalan troops.
(d) The bosun on one of the merchant vessels.

5. Who leads the forces at Grimsholm?
(a) The Duke of Casaromana.
(b) Ramon d'Ullastreti Casademon.
(c) Casanova de la Illia.
(d) Ramon Casanova.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose fleet does the Ariel rendezvous?

2. What do Villiers and Maturin deduce about the pursuit by the two schooners?

3. What moves into the area?

4. What does Aubrey offer during the planning of the mission?

5. What does Aubrey call the view from the crow's nest?

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