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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what is Aubrey searching?
(a) A passage around an island that would keep the ship hidden.
(b) A passage through the treacherous reefs.
(c) A way to secretly get onshore and obtain fresh water.
(d) A suitable ship to capture.

3. What does Maturin do at the ball?
(a) Sleeps in a corner chair.
(b) Escorts Villiers from group to group introducing her.
(c) Watches other people and examines the potted plants.
(d) Dances almost every dance.

4. Who sends Aubrey in the right direction to find a vessel to capture?
(a) Maturin.
(b) Dalgliesh.
(c) Jiegello.
(d) Samaurez.

5. Why is celestial navigation out of the question?
(a) Their navigator died while at Grimsholm.
(b) The charts for extrapolation were lost overboard in the last fight.
(c) They do not have a sextant.
(d) Overcast skies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey desperately want to do?

2. What was Maturin doing in America recently?

3. What has Villiers recently become?

4. What ill omen occurs during the planning of the mission?

5. What moves into the area?

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