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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 and 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mrs. Williams?
(a) Aubrey's mother-in-law.
(b) Aubrey's sister.
(c) Maturin's mother.
(d) Sophie's sister.

2. Why does Minnie slow down?
(a) She runs aground a mud flat.
(b) Her main sail is shredded from the cannon fire from the Ariel.
(c) Her main said and topsail get twisted together.
(d) She hits an underground reef.

3. From where have Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers just escaped?
(a) Brazil.
(b) New Orleans.
(c) Boston.
(d) An uprising in the West Indies.

4. Who is the HMS Jason chasing?
(a) The French ship-of-war Lafayette.
(b) French ship-of-war Marsailles.
(c) No one.
(d) The French ship-of-war Médusae.

5. How long does it take to get the Minnie ready to sail?
(a) An hour or two.
(b) Many hours.
(c) Three days.
(d) A week.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has Villiers recently become?

2. What is spreading like wildfire in the town where Shannon is docking?

3. What is the Minnie?

4. Who arrives through another door as the men are working on their escape hole?

5. Who does Maturin learn has drowned?

(see the answer key)

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