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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 as Aubrey is trying to get the Ariel away from The Thatcher?
(a) He is successful but they are way off course.
(b) The ship hits a reef which punctures her hull.
(c) The linesman hurls the sounding line and knocks out Aubrey.
(d) The rudder pinon breaks off.

2. Why does Ariel intervene in the chase?
(a) Jason cannot close.
(b) Jason signals them to do so.
(c) Ariel is much larger than the Jason.
(d) Aubrey sees it as easy prize money.

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

4. Where is Ariel headed?
(a) The Baltic Sea.
(b) Cape Horn.
(c) The Atlantic Ocean.
(d) The Rock of Gibraltar.

5. What moves into the area?
(a) A huge pod of bottlenose dolphins.
(b) A huge pod of humpback whales.
(c) A thick fog.
(d) A large storm system.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Ariel do?

3. How is Hyde as a sailor and officer?

4. Who is Pelloworm?

5. What does Aubrey discuss with Maturin at this point in the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Aubrey searching for a suitable ship to capture?

2. What does Maturin suggest the Ariel do to convince the lookouts at Grimsholm that the Minnie is a friendly vessel?

3. Who is Pellworm; what does he predict and what is the first thing that happens that seem to prove his prediction to be true?

4. Describe the actions that lead to the wreck of the Ariel.

5. Briefly describe the Ariel, the ship of which Aubrey assumes command.

6. Describe the guest Swedish officer, Jagiello, who is onboard the Ariel.

7. Why is Hyde cutting Jagiello's meat and what happens at dinner one evening when Hyde does so?

8. What does Ariel do after leaving Grisholm?

9. What is the result of the meeting between Maturin and his Godfather?

10. Describe the chase scene when the Ariel goes after the Minnie.

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