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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aubrey do when he first makes land?
(a) Goes to file his lenthly preliminary report to naval authorities.
(b) Reunites with Kimber.
(c) Finds out where his surviving children are.
(d) Finds out where his wife is buried.

2. What does Blaine suggest to Aubrey?
(a) That he spend some time at home before a new assignemnt.
(b) That Aubrey try to get a new assignment quickly before summons can be engendered.
(c) A competent attorney.
(d) That Aubrey travel with Maturin.

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

4. How does Maturin respond to attempts by Frenchman to use him as a courier?
(a) Intriqued.
(b) Disinterested.
(c) Hostile.
(d) Fearful.

5. What goes on for weeks?
(a) Repairing the Shannon.
(b) The celebrating in the town.
(c) Caring for the ill.
(d) The quarantine.

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

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

8. Why do Smith and Aubrey leave the ball?
(a) To search for a secluded spot.
(b) To look at Smith's new horse.
(c) To tour Smith's father's greenhouses.
(d) For Aubrey to show her how to use the stars for navigation.

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

10. To whom does Maturin make his report?
(a) The Duke of Wellington.
(b) Sir Joseph Blaine.
(c) Sir James Blair.
(d) Admiral Nelson.

11. Who is Beck?
(a) A local intelligence officer.
(b) The man who brought Maturin a rare plant specimen.
(c) The owner of the Inn where Maturin is staying.
(d) Another doctor who teaches at the medical college.

12. What does Maturin obtain for Villiers?
(a) A maid servant.
(b) An engagement ring.
(c) A room at a lady's boarding house.
(d) A certificate of safe passage.

13. In what recent battle does Aubrey participate as a combatant?
(a) Aubrey has not been in a battle recently.
(b) The battle between the USS Constitution and the HMS Shannon.
(c) The battle between the USS Chesapeake and HMS Shannon.
(d) A battle in Washington between Johnson's spies and Maturin.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What scares Smith as she and Aubrey walk outside?

2. What is Maturin doing on shore?

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

4. What impresses Smith about Aubrey?

5. Who gave Villiers the diamond necklace?

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