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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Aubrey warn in a small boat?
(a) No one.
(b) Some local scavengers.
(c) Some fishermen.
(d) Some officers from the Minnie.

2. How does Smith find Aubrey to be?
(a) Gruff.
(b) Easily seduced and socially important.
(c) Arrogant.
(d) Uninteresting.

3. What does the town do when the Shannon arrives?
(a) Nothing out of the ordinary.
(b) Asks Aubrey if the war is really over.
(c) Erupts in a tumultuous celebration.
(d) Warns it off because the town is quarantined.

4. What does Maturin think the meeting with the commander of Grimsholm will require?
(a) Slow, methodical interaction.
(b) Nimble thinking.
(c) He is unsure.
(d) Lots of patience.

5. Why would Aubrey pretend to chase the Minnie?
(a) To give his sailors some practice under hostile conditions.
(b) To enhance the impression that the Minnie is a friendly transport.
(c) To distract the men in Grisholm.
(d) So Maturin could look as though he is not with the English.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is pursuing Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers?

2. From what does Hyde suffer?

3. With what is Aubrey threatened?

4. What are the seas like as the convoy travels onward?

5. What happens to the original communiqué Broke writes about the Shannon's encounter?

(see the answer key)

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