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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What infuriates Aubrey about the problems Davidge and West have?
(a) That they both ignore instructions.
(b) That the two men let them personal lives interfere with their professional lives.
(c) That they both are late getting back to the Surprise.
(d) That they should not have tried to repair the main mast with no experience at such things.

2. Who are two people Maturin and Clarissa talk about?
(a) Maturin's grandmother and sister.
(b) Sarah and Emily.
(c) Maturin cuts Clarissa off from gossiping about any one.
(d) Maturin's mother and aunt.

3. What do Aubrey and Maturin both note as Oakes and Clarissa enter the officer's mess?
(a) The way the cook eyes Clarissa.
(b) Nothing amiss.
(c) The hate in Davidge's eyes.
(d) An odd feeling.

4. What island does Maturin hope to visit?
(a) Wahila.
(b) Fuji.
(c) Tahiti.
(d) Borneo.

5. How does Aubrey try to solve the problem some of the officers are having?
(a) A reprimand.
(b) A tongue lashing.
(c) 10 lashes.
(d) Working them to exhaustion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Éclair want with the Surprise?

2. What happens between Davidge and West?

3. Who rules the north end of Moahu?

4. What does Maturin continue to write about Clarissa?

5. Who is pursuing the Surprise?

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