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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to one of the American schooners that delays their pursuit?
(a) It hits an iceberg.
(b) There is a mutiny.
(c) The main mast breaks.
(d) The rudder pinion breaks off.

2. What news does Kimber write Aubrey?
(a) Aubrey needs to come home as his wife is dying.
(b) Kimber has exhausted Aubrey's funds with little to show for it.
(c) Aubrey's wife has died.
(d) Aubrey's home burns to the ground but his wife and children are alive.

3. What has Aubrey become?
(a) Idle.
(b) Somewhat of a recluse.
(c) Restless.
(d) A local hero.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aubrey desperately want to do?

2. What does the town do when the Shannon arrives?

3. Who joins Aubrey at his home?

4. In what type of work has Maturin been recently engaged?

5. What does Aubrey fear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Sophie Aubrey.

2. Describe Diana Villiers.

3. What did the British intelligence want Maturin to do and why do they no longer need him for the assignment?

4. What is Villiers' reception like at the ball?

5. What is one of Villier's prized possessions and how does she come by it?

6. What battle did Aubrey recently participate in and what was the outcome?

7. How does Smith behave during this waiting period and what is Aubrey's response?

8. What is the situation with Aubrey, Maturin and Villiers at the opening of THE SURGEON'S MATE?

9. Describe Amanda Smith.

10. What is Maturin's interest in Villiers and why?

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