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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Aubrey find his home?
(a) Completely deserted.
(b) Not burned as an earlier report said.
(c) Bustling in anticipation of his return.
(d) Nearly vacant.

2. Who does Aubrey find?
(a) Sophie and his children.
(b) His business manager.
(c) His mother-in-law.
(d) His lawyer.

3. Who is circulating slander about Aubrey?
(a) Kimber.
(b) First Lieutenant Grant.
(c) Villiers.
(d) Smith.

4. What surprises Captain Dalgliesh?
(a) That the two schooners break off so quickly.
(b) That the two schooners fall behind so quickly.
(c) That one of the schooners is not flying American colours.
(d) That the two American schooners are so persistently following them.

5. What do Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers do to effect a return to England?
(a) They are onboard the fast packet with the original communiqué from Broke.
(b) They have to wait until later in the summer.
(c) They take a private merchant vessel.
(d) They take a slower packet.

6. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?
(a) A raccoon walking towards them.
(b) The boom of a ship's gun.
(c) A toad on the sidewalk.
(d) A rat running across the grass.

7. What does Captain Broke need to do?
(a) Join a blockade of the New York harbor.
(b) Write his official communiqué.
(c) Supervise the repairs of the Shannon.
(d) Return to the blockage of Washington.

8. How does Aubrey treat Smith?
(a) He avoids her.
(b) He is rude in hopes she will leave him be.
(c) He tells her the news of his wife's death was incorrect.
(d) He gives her misleading insinuations.

9. What has Villiers recently become?
(a) A Canadian citizen.
(b) An English citizen.
(c) An American citizen.
(d) A Brazilian citizen.

10. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?
(a) Collecting specimens.
(b) Writing a novel.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Teaching at the medical school.

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

12. What does Maturin ask his fellow physicians?
(a) If they will assume the teaching of his classes for a while.
(b) What medicine to give Villiers.
(c) How to diagnose early pregnancy.
(d) How to know if a woman loves you.

13. How does Villiers fare at the beginning of the sea voyage?
(a) She is fearful of water but does not get seasick.
(b) She is used to the ocean and loves sailing.
(c) She is severely seasick.
(d) She is harrassed by some of the sailors.

14. What does Aubrey refuse to do?
(a) Hand over any money.
(b) File a lawsuit.
(c) Answer a challenge for a duel.
(d) File for bankruptcy.

15. Who does Maturin learn has drowned?
(a) Sophie.
(b) Ponsich.
(c) Johnson.
(d) Aubrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes on for weeks?

2. How does Smith find Aubrey to be?

3. What is notable about Harry Johnson?

4. What does Maturin find irresistible about Villiers?

5. What does Blaine suggest to Aubrey?

(see the answer keys)

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